Brick ledge repair took me 6 hours, what should have been a 2 hour job

I got called out to a house in Nashville where a brick ledge had crumbled away from the firebox. I spent 4 of those hours just trying to get the old mortar out because someone had used silicone caulk as a filler. Has anyone else run into this kind of hack repair and how did you handle it faster?

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the_derek18d ago

Ngl, silicone caulk on a brick ledge? That's just rude. How do people sleep at night after pulling that crap?

mark_mitchell18d ago

Man, seriously. Some people just have zero respect for the next guy. I've seen it too, silicone smeared all over a perfectly good brick ledge like it's some kind of quick fix. It's not even just rude, it's lazy. That stuff is a nightmare to remove once it cures, you practically need a chisel and a grinder. Makes you wonder if they even think about the person trying to fix their work later.