How Much Mortar For Utility Brick?
add one litre to 100 kg of cement plus the sand , and its recommended to spray or submerge the bricks in water for 24 hours , you get rock hard bricks, higher adhesion to cement mortar , it will become more water proof,i have seen houses next to tigris river in baghdad, flooded with water , no seepage , just the skilled bricklayer saturated the bricks, and used fine cement , another tip is to use hydrated lime as plasticiser it has non shrink capability , if its cheaper than concrete admixtures , use powder form at rate of half kilogram per 100 kg cement , in summer add suger just one tea spoon to 100 kg cement with hyrdrated lime, so you get retarded mortar mix, extend the mixes pot life, lower waste, use fine suger , use coffee mill at home or coffee grinder , suger is good as long as you do not add too much ( one pound with 25 litre water is enough for one ton of cement ).
