Options available to make up 26mm mortar?

[flanagaj]

'The Best Bricklayer in Britain' (Self proclaimed) left us one course of face brickwork to go before we are at FFL.  He was useless as I've just been out with my laser level and to get said face brickwork course to FFL will require the new bricklayer to lay a mortar joint that starts at 10mm and goes to 26mm.  That is obviously too thick and I'm wondering how the new bricklayer will be able to solve that issue.  I really don't want him trying to make it up above ground.

 

Can you use slate or something else if you have to have a fat mortar joint?

 

[Mr Punter]

If it is not visible slate will be fine.  26mm is otherwise a bit much.

[Oz07]

So its 16mm out of level? I wouldn't try to get that out in one course if its seen. Why don't you have him get it out over 3 or 4 courses

[flanagaj]

1 minute ago, Oz07 said:

So its 16mm out of level? I wouldn't try to get that out in one course if its seen. Why don't you have him get it out over 3 or 4 courses

Yes.  16mm out.  If he can get it out in one course, then the fat mortar joint will be hidden by the ACO drainage.

[Russell griffiths]

You don’t go 10mm to 26mm you go 2mm to 18 mm