holly_flores79•2mo agoMost Upvoted

My foreman said my mortar was too dry for a Chicago winter job

He pointed at a wall I did in January and said, 'That mix won't cure right in the cold, it's gonna dust out.' I switched to a wetter mix with a bit more lime for the next freeze. Anyone else adjust their mix for different climates?

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alice_barnes352mo ago

Oh man, that's so true... it's like how you have to dress totally different in summer and winter. The same exact thing just doesn't work for both. Your foreman was right on the money, you can't fight the weather. It's smart you listened and changed your mix... a lot of people would just keep doing the same thing and blame the tools or something.

emma_young2mo ago

Know exactly what you mean, @alice_barnes35, adapting is just part of the job.

wren30125d ago

But is that really all there is to it though? I mean, adapting is one thing, but sometimes you gotta know when a situation is actually changing on you and not just the same old cycle. Like with seasonal weather, yeah you swap out your mix, but if the ground itself is shifting because of something new, that's a different problem that just swapping materials won't fix. A lot of people call "adapting" when they're really just stuck in a reaction loop instead of stepping back and looking at the whole picture. It's like driving the same route to work even after they built a new bridge that cuts the time in half - you're still adapting to traffic but not to the actual change that matters.