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What's the stuff between blocks?

  • 24-10-2022 08:43PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 209 ✭✭


    What term do we use in Ireland for the grey stuff that's used atop each brick and block when building a wall? Does it have stones in it typically? And do we use the term mortar in Ireland? Or is another term more common?



Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,182 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    Mortar ... and no stones.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,723 ✭✭✭Yellow_Fern


    As muffler said mortar, from cement. But if it is an older building or a period restoration, often it is lime mortar.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,591 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    As above. The material is always called mortar. Lay people often incorrectly call it cement.

    Although there’s other words you might use to describe the area, rather that the material specifically.

    Curious why you’re asking.



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