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The void is known as a frog and (in the UK at least) should be laid frog up and filled with mortar. The BSI code of practice explicitly stated this. Frog up gives a stronger bond and better acoustic performance. The practice of frogging (laying frog down) does apply for a top course of an exposed exterior wall (such as a garden wall) for the reason you mention, but even then, solid bricks (without frogs) for the top course (or engineering bricks, or a cap-piece) would be better - but more expensive.
Do you use admix in the mortar? I've noticed you lay bricks without tapping the bricks. Only time I've gotten to do that was when we worked in the rain and the mortar was extra wet (those specific bricks soaked up water like a sponge so it was perfect)
You are supposed to be able to lay bricks without tapping them down if you have to hit them down with your trowel it means the mortar is too stiff or you are spreading too much it's called gauging your mortar and it takes practice I know what you mean about the admix the guys in the uk use a plasticizer and the mortar looks alot more creamy than what we use in the United States
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Did he put another wedge in before he removed the first wedge, to hold the sill up? I see him tapping on something else with his hammer before he pulls his first wedge out but can't hear what he said because of the jackhammer.
