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   MikeSmith | Jun 16, 2006 01:06pm | #1

   zach.. where is this job ?... looking good

   keep working on your camera skills and try some different sizes

    70- 100kb  displays nicely on a computer

   Mike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
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   zachariah | Jun 16, 2006 01:40pm | #2

   this job is in spartanburg s.c., thanx for the tip on sizing,I wanted to find a middle ground between the ones I posted.

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   wrudiger | Jun 17, 2006 06:07pm | #3

   That's some nice work.  Thought I'd give you a sense of the style mix we do on the other coast (no, not mine - I am completely masonry-challenged - LOL).

   View Image

   Here's the article on the buliding:

   http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/06/13/DDGCAJBRJC1.DTL

   Edited 6/17/2006 11:08 am by wrudiger

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   dieselpig | Jun 17, 2006 08:22pm | #4

   I usually rarely appreciate brick facades on homes.... but man.... that's stunning.View Image

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   IMERC | Jun 17, 2006 08:27pm | #5

   yur comment doesn't EVEN come close to saying it...Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->

   WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->

   Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

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   dieselpig | Jun 17, 2006 08:35pm | #6

   Well, that's cuz I was "stunned", you see.  That's the best a stunned guy could come up with.  :)View Image

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   IMERC | Jun 17, 2006 10:28pm | #7

   more than that I'd say...

   WOW!!!

   really special work...Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->

   WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->

   Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

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   wrudiger | Jun 17, 2006 10:35pm | #8

   Yea, there's craftmanship, then there's art.  It's a real treat to have several examples of this just down the street!

   By the way, I gotta say I'm really disappointed in your guys. I mean, we come in to town and sweep the Yanks for ya, and ya still slip into second.  What's with that?

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   dieselpig | Jun 17, 2006 11:16pm | #9

   It's a long season baby.  Just a bump in the road.  We'll be alright come September.  ;)View Image

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   zachariah | Jun 19, 2006 12:34am | #10

   now that's wild!!

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   ruffmike | Jun 20, 2006 07:03am | #15

   I am familiar with the the yogurt place, we do commercial work in some of the office buildings next door.

   Have you ever seen the masons union hall on third street in S.F. ?

   It is out towards Candlestick and has a really cool brick design. I am working in the city, I'll try to go by and get a picture.                            Mike

       Trust in God, but row away from the rocks.

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   wrudiger | Jun 20, 2006 08:09am | #16

   I haven't seen that one.  I don't get to that side of the Bay much, so a pic would be great. 

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   wrudiger | Jun 20, 2006 03:51am | #11

   Zachariah,

   I appologize for hijacking your thread.  I really do like your work, and I'm always a fan of tastefully combined styles that provide a unique new style.  Your work is first rate - I have trouble even getting a CMU buttered properly so I have complete respect for anyone who can do it so well. 

   I was amused by the left coast style merge vs. the right coast approach - riffin on the stereotypes...

   Wayne

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   zachariah | Jun 20, 2006 04:07am | #12

   I don't start threads to glorify myself, I start threads so I can share stuff I see and on occasions such as this one I get to see some fantastic work at the same time,so please don't apologize, and thanks for the post!!By the way I can't take credit for the masonry, I am merely the lowly job foreman.

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   wrudiger | Jun 20, 2006 04:22am | #13

   "I am merely the lowly job foreman"

   I know the feeling.  I often end up getting credit for the great work my team does; I keep reminding everyone it's them, not me - LOL!

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   txlandlord | Jun 20, 2006 07:00am | #14

   I think this was done on purpose. : - )

   
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   zachariah | Jun 21, 2006 12:59am | #17

   maybe strong winds and wet mortar! ;)

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   jagwah | Jun 21, 2006 02:50am | #18

   Another fun chimney! 

   
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   dieselpig | Jun 21, 2006 05:01am | #19

   What the he11 is that shingle detail up the rakes?  Is that common?  Very funky chimney... I like that part.View Image

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   jagwah | Jun 21, 2006 06:04am | #20

   The ya-hoos around here rolled their shingles over the facia. I guess for some kind of thatch look? I always thought it was dumb.

   Ya the brick work is what I like. 

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   txlandlord | Jun 21, 2006 09:47am | #21

   Someone posted my chimney was the result of high winds and wet mortor. Yours looks to be the result of Miller High Life and malt liquior.

   Did the roofer loose his knife?

   Actually, I like the daring effort at being different. It appeals to my art brain.   

   Edited 6/21/2006 2:49 am ET by txlandlord

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   jagwah | Jun 21, 2006 03:23pm | #22

   The area this chimney is in here in Tulsa is called Florence park.

   All the brick work and chimneys are unusual. The homes were built around the late 50's and early 60's. I think we need more of this look, straight brick work is boring.

    I particular like the ones with chimney toppers. Sorry for the size. 

   
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   UncleDunc | Jun 21, 2006 10:14pm | #23

   I saw a book called Brick: A World Historythat had pictures of the twisted chimneys as well as the protruding brick texture in your pictures. Big coffee table size book with hundreds of color pictures of all kinds of decorative brick work. Look at the library, or $44 at Amazon.

   The twisted chimneys were a big deal in Tudor England. Do a Google image search for

   hampton court chimneys

   with no quotes.