Can we talk about how smacking the brick with the trowel handle tells you if it's fired right?

Xena Hernandez · 2026-09-22T13:25:03.244159+00:00

Grabbed a pallet of cheap bricks in Houston last month and the yard guy showed me how a solid ring means good clay while a dull thud means it'll spall in a freeze, so now I tap every single one before it goes on the wall, anyone else do this or am I just driving my crew nuts?

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