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Warning: I spent 12 years wet cutting every brick on a splitter, and I finally tried a dry saw
I ran a wet saw on every job since 2008 and thought the dust from a dry saw would bury me. A contractor in Fort Wayne asked me to cut some hard firebrick dry with a vacuum attachment on his saw, and I said no twice before I gave in. The cuts came out cleaner on the face, and I did not have to babysit a water tray or drag a hose across the yard. Now I keep a small dry saw in the truck for anything under 60 bricks and only break out the wet one for big runs. The dust is real, so the vac and a respirator are not optional, no matter how tough you think you are. Anyone here run dry on full veneer jobs, or is that still asking for trouble with the inspector?
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kai_burns7310d ago
I ran wet on every job since 2008 too and thought dry was just a shortcut for guys who don't care about their lungs. In my experience the inspector will still flag you on full veneer because the dust gets everywhere and a vac only catches so much, especially up on a scaffold. Take that with a grain of salt but for anything bigger than a small patch I'd still drag the hose.
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