My uncle in Philly said my brick spacing was too tight on a restoring job
He's been laying brick since 1978 and I've always done it my way, you know? Last month he came by to check the old row house we were patching up. He just stood there for a minute, pointed at my work, and said 'you're trying to match the original joints but you're squeezing them too close.' I was real careful with the ruler and everything. But he showed me that the old brick had settled and shifted over 90 years, so the joints were naturally wider in spots. I went back and used a wider trowel angle for the next section, and honestly it blended way better with the existing wall. I still think my spacing is fine for new builds, but for repair work I get what he meant. Anyone else have a family member call them out on something like this, and it actually stuck with you?