How do we bring this about?

Apart from the aesthetic basis of joint-free brickwork, there are other valuable advantages::

• Joints are no longer needed so that scaffolding need not be provided, either saving both time
  and money.
• The result is visible immediately.
• Facing brick gets dirty less quickly than joints, which slows down the ageing effect.

Generally speaking, joint-free brickwork is achieved by one of the following techniques:

• Gluing the facing bricks: This is the best known method. Traditional mortar is replaced by a glue
  mortar, which is sprayed onto the brick surface using a pump or gun. In this way the width of the
  joint can be reduced to about 4mm.
• Thin bed mortar. This compound is half way between a mortar and a glue. The technique is
  cheaper per se than gluing, but the width of the joint can only be reduced to around 6mm. 
• Dry stack system. This less well-known method consists of simply stacking the bricks on top of one
  another using a special attachment technique so that in theory there is no joint.

Every method has its advantages and disadvantages and in fact it appears in practice that people
often backtrack on the original idea of having joint-free brickwork. Either the methods are too
expensive or it is not possible to find a contractor to carry them out. Neither is breaking away
from the rules of traditional brickwork an obvious course.

The beauty of joint-free brickwork