bigalpha
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I may have access to quite a large amount of brick that will need to be removed from the exterior of a building.
I"m thinking that if I can, I can use it to build a shop behind my house but I'm concerned with reusing it.
Will I need to remove 100% of the existing mortar from the brick and relay it brick by brick?
If I get a hold of cinderblocks, will it be acceptable to just mortar them together or will I need to run rebar down through the walls and fill them with concrete?
Also, is there an equation or something to give a rough estimate of how many bricks/cinder blocks you'll need for a project?
I"m thinking that if I can, I can use it to build a shop behind my house but I'm concerned with reusing it.
Will I need to remove 100% of the existing mortar from the brick and relay it brick by brick?
If I get a hold of cinderblocks, will it be acceptable to just mortar them together or will I need to run rebar down through the walls and fill them with concrete?
Also, is there an equation or something to give a rough estimate of how many bricks/cinder blocks you'll need for a project?