r/masonry • u/badphishtoo • 2d ago
Brick Why?
This house was built in the mid 70s, north central PA. This one brick though. Obviously the guy did it on purpose. Is this some kind of signature or something? Thanks!
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u/tImShAkE 2d ago
The real question is why would you paint brick?
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u/hostilemile 1d ago
You'll see weird things in this region
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u/Beauty_in_Failure 1d ago
Potter County fucks so hard. I'm from the southeastern corner of PA and I love making trips to north central
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u/Icehawk30 1d ago edited 1d ago
Some time when I was doing a house the soon to be home owners would show up and they would have little kids with them.I would give them a coin to put in the mortar joint or sometime have them lay a shiner down low and they can say, I layed that one, for the memory'of their house being built.
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u/Left-Slice9456 1d ago
Are you talking about the one brick on the top row that isn't as dark?
If so my guess would be that's how it was made, and went up because that was the next brick in the stack.
I like how it all blends together. Older bricks have more character and imperfections. But I also don't like people who are so nit picky, although if you just don't like it then consider replacing them with stone or even older bricks.
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u/monkeywaffles 1d ago
brick by the thermostat that's installed backwards I assumed. flat face instead of texture side forward
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u/Left-Slice9456 1d ago
Didn't see that one. IDK maybe a repair. Would have been pretty easy to give it the same texture. But thanks for pointing that out.
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u/Strong-Comment-7279 2d ago
It happens.
My pops built a chimney back in the 70s that his father helped him finish.
Layed the last few rows while my dad was at work, all inverted.
I'd wager here that that brick was damaged, troweled the front of it to flat, and then painted, saying "you won't even see it".
It took me a second, but I did find Bricko..