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

Spreading should include

- cutting mortar from board
- loading the trowel
- furrowing mortar on the wall with uniform thickness and full coverage.

IRC: Chapter 4, sections R401 thru R408 (https://codes.iccsafe.org/content/IRC2018/chapter-4-foundations); Chapter 6, sections R606–R608 (https://codes.iccsafe.org/content/IRC2018/chapter-6-wall-construction); and Chapter 7, section R703 (https://codes.iccsafe.org/content/IRC2018/chapter-7-wall-covering), identify types and strength of various mortar required by code.

Process/Skill Questions:

- Why should the mortar be furrowed?
- Why is efficient spreading important to good mortar work?
- Why is it important to string the mortar?

NCCER Standards:

Core Curriculum: Introductory Craft Skills

  - 00101-04 Basic Safety

Masonry: Level One (L1NCCT28)

  - 28104-04 Mortar