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Walked past a new build in Springfield and the brickwork looked... wrong

I was driving through the new Oakwood subdivision in Springfield yesterday and saw a crew finishing up the front facade of a big house. The soldier course above the main window was all over the place, like the guy laying it was rushing or something. The joints were different sizes, maybe from 3/8 to almost 3/4 inch in some spots, and a few bricks looked like they weren't fully bedded. It just caught my eye because the rest of the house looked fine. Made me wonder if they were pushing for a deadline or if the new guy got stuck with that detail. Has anyone else run into a job where one obvious section just didn't match the quality of the rest?

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jade24016d ago

Yeah that's just rushed work, plain and simple. They probably had the apprentice do the soldier course to save time. I've seen it before where the main walls look fine but the tricky bits get messed up because they're harder to do right. It's gonna stick out forever once you notice it, lol.

spencermurphy16d ago

Has anyone checked if the brick color or texture is even the same on that section? Sometimes suppliers send a different batch for small orders, and if the crew didn't blend them, you get a patch that looks off even if the work is perfect. That mismatch can make straight lines look wobbly.