Title: Strike joints.
Course: Building Trades I (17009-I) > Section: Masonry: Using Masonry Skills

Striking should include using the proper techniques and tools to compact and finish the face of the following mortar joints:

- Concave
- Raked
- V
- Grapevine
- Weather
- Troweled

IRC: Chapter 6, section 606 (https://codes.iccsafe.org/content/IRC2018/chapter-6-wall-construction), covers the use of veneer joints in an array of masonry materials.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is the benefit of striking mortar joints?
- Why should mortar always be struck when it is at the same consistency?

NCCER Standards:

Masonry: Level One (L1NCCT28)

  - 28105-04 Masonry Units and Installation Techniques