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Mortar beds on walls and floors?
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[QUOTE="Rob Z, post: 169144"] How many of you are called on to do mortar work? It's few and far between here in most markets in the US. There are selected markets where mud is still king, however. I learned from a guy who had been floating mud since the 60's, and I think he learned it from a guy who had started back in the 1930's. A lot of old houses have mortar over wooden lath, but after about the late 30's metal lath was used. Here is a picture that shows both a finished float (on the left) and a wall with the scratch coat (rear wall) and the wall that is prepped for mud with paper and galvanized metal lath (on the right). Here, floor mud is usually 4 or 5 to 1 (coarse sand and cement). Wall mud is usually 4 or 5 to 1 to 1 (sand/cement/masonry lime). Some areas of the country use something called "fireclay" instead of the lime, which I have never seen. We really love to do this work because it is old-fashioned and is done the same way it as been done for centuries, all by hand. [/QUOTE]
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