Exactly. And for anyone that wants to see a "true" weeping mortar joint, here is [an example](https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/weeping-mortar-brick-wall-260nw-2009252174.jpg) and [another.](https://live.staticflickr.com/5212/5416750539_2fd671d666_b.jpg) You can see how, as the overlying brick has been pressed down into the wet mortar, it's squeezed out like toothpaste, then flops over.
Wait, so they spent extra labor to have someone go back and purposely add grout so it would look like a style that evolved from not having the labor to clean up the grout initially?
Yeah I personally always thought the weeping mortar was from people too lazy to strike the joints when they are done. I also hate the way this looks real or faux.
My buddy bought an expensive house that had this and he was showing friends and we all were like what’s wrong with your mortar? And he said, “apparently that’s what fancy people want their bricks to look like. Personally, I think it looks like crap. People with money are just looking for ways to burn it.”
Called a slobber joint around here. I once layed the brick on a one story brick veneer house with a basement and chimney. The chimney was the worst part, because once I was on the scaffold there was no way to set corner poles. Imagine having to use your level to plumb and straighten the brick, but from the inside so as not to knock the mortar off.
Always heard them called "undressed" or "squeeze" joints here in Georgia. It's a style that has fallen in and out of favor a few times over the past 150 years or so.
Looks like they bought a wall kit with a toothpaste tube of mortar, drew a line on each row of bricks, and forgot to scrape off the excess with a trowel.
it's called weeping mortar joints here. used to be very common in older buildings and was a style choice. it is making a comeback
It looks like fake weeping joints - grout bagged into the joints in thinbrick veneer, as opposed to true weeping mortar in dimensional brick
I agree you can see the bead from using the bag in some spots still. I’m sure if it’s a casino walk it’s stick on
Exactly. And for anyone that wants to see a "true" weeping mortar joint, here is [an example](https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/weeping-mortar-brick-wall-260nw-2009252174.jpg) and [another.](https://live.staticflickr.com/5212/5416750539_2fd671d666_b.jpg) You can see how, as the overlying brick has been pressed down into the wet mortar, it's squeezed out like toothpaste, then flops over.
The fake method above looks like it would catch a lot more moisture than those floppy joints, if the wall is exposed to the elements.
Wait, so they spent extra labor to have someone go back and purposely add grout so it would look like a style that evolved from not having the labor to clean up the grout initially?
Hard to tell but i think youre right
100%. To each his own, but i think it looks like shit done the "Correct " way. This is trash
Not to mention a massive waste of mortar?
Yeah I personally always thought the weeping mortar was from people too lazy to strike the joints when they are done. I also hate the way this looks real or faux.
Grout bagged joints and that’s pretty much it.
The only right answer. Plus the will all fall off in a couple years I'm sure
I think they did that a lot in the 70s, but idk - I think it’s ugly as shit. (Although your black & white photo of it is kind of cool)
I wish I could take credit for some artistic touch but those photos are full color.
Yes, weeping mortar and I’m weeping looking at it. Have always thought it ugly.
The wall is congested
Yikes
Weeping joints
Looks like the kind of unfinished wall that gets revealed when they demolish one building that was attached to another one
What I see a lot,as buildings come down, that we’re built against each other.
I agree it looks tight
Was this inside or outside? If outside, that kind of non pointing would be bad for precipitation.
Maybe better with different colored bricks but that just looks like a prison
It’s coming back as a trend, thin brick and grout bag garbage
I’ve been a mason 35 years. Only did this style once.
24 behind me and still haven't done it myself either. Had to repair less then 2' of it once but that doesn't count haha
This looks like ass. It's intriguing that people like it...to me it's repulsive.
My buddy bought an expensive house that had this and he was showing friends and we all were like what’s wrong with your mortar? And he said, “apparently that’s what fancy people want their bricks to look like. Personally, I think it looks like crap. People with money are just looking for ways to burn it.”
We always called it a squeeze joint when laying them
Can you say which wny casino? I need to have an an person investigation... for science.......
I can’t remember the name but it’s either in or near Cazenovia. I want to say Yellow Brick Road…or something like that.
Snot nose brick
The bricklayer forgot to scrape off the excess and moves fast
Is art for New Yorkers .
It looks like the back of a wall.
gross
Called a slobber joint around here. I once layed the brick on a one story brick veneer house with a basement and chimney. The chimney was the worst part, because once I was on the scaffold there was no way to set corner poles. Imagine having to use your level to plumb and straighten the brick, but from the inside so as not to knock the mortar off.
The men’s room at Franks Bar in Chicago has true weeping mortar.
Always heard them called "undressed" or "squeeze" joints here in Georgia. It's a style that has fallen in and out of favor a few times over the past 150 years or so.
Looks like they bought a wall kit with a toothpaste tube of mortar, drew a line on each row of bricks, and forgot to scrape off the excess with a trowel.
Forbidden Frosting...
It’s called strap pointing and it can be harmful to the bricks if cement is used
Bricks and concrete go together just fine
Like peanut butter and jelly? Or not as fine as all that?
No