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; Chapter 6, sections R606–R608 and Chapter 7, section R703, 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?