Jinx,

On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:20:32 +1300, Jinx wrote:

>...
> Was Googling for a mortar spreader.

You mean a trowel?  :-)

> Have a brick wall to make
> (finally getting started on the outdoor pond/aquarium) and wondered
> if anyone had thought of a device to lay mortar. They have
> 
> http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5035352.pdf

I can't read this for some reason, so I may be talking about whatever that says, but there's a thing called a "Bricky", invented by an Irish bricklayer, 
which is a plastic frame that you lay on top of one course of bricks, fill it with mortar and shave the excess off the top, and it gives just the right 
depth to lay the next course onto.  It also comes with a small version of itself for buttering the ends of the bricks accurately.  For someone who is 
not a trained bricklayer, it will probably make a better job than they can without it!

In fact people are selling them on eBay - search for "Bricky" and you'll see what I was trying to describe.

Cheers,




Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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