 Re: Cutting bricks to fit dome...
Les, I guess you and I are in the minority (although you have gone to the EXTREME extreme with your mortarless dome). I merely cut every brick to stay within the mortars recommedation for joint thickness (1/16"-1/8" side to side and no more than 1/4" between courses on the outside).
I think that if you are going with an igloo style you should do anything and everthing to avoid potential cracking, so not exceeding the recommended joint thickness seemed like a good idea at the time...don't know if that is the reason for my minimal cracking (a few hairline cracks in the mortal of my mosaic tile - nothing on the inside). VERY time consuming, but worth it to me.
RT |