How do they match: Brickmasons and Blockmasons

  • Brickmasons and Blockmasons

  • Brick and Block Mason
  • Firebrick and Refractory Tile Bricklayer

  • Break or cut bricks, tiles, or blocks to size, using trowel edge, hammer, or power saw.
  • Clean working surface to remove scale, dust, soot, or chips of brick and mortar, using broom, wire brush, or scraper.
  • Construct corners by fastening in plumb position a corner pole or building a corner pyramid of bricks, and filling in between the corners using a line from corner to corner to guide each course, or layer, of brick.
  • Measure distance from reference points and mark guidelines to lay out work, using plumb bobs and levels.
  • Remove burned or damaged brick or mortar, using sledgehammer, crowbar, chipping gun, or chisel.