If one of my men tried to get such an untidy splash course signed off under my watch I'd sack him on the spot. Furthermore, old cranleighs on top of engineering bricks. WTF?
**** it....normally i can translate....i got no clue...i think he is critical of the mud lines and their thickness....
cranleighs? levels?
The splash course is the first three courses of bricks. It's called the splash course because it's judged to be the highest rain drops will splash up to and against, which is why there's a layer of plastic membrane called Damp Course Proofing (DPC) sandwiched between the third and fourth courses of bricks. They aren't called mud lines, they're called bed (horizontal) and perp (vertical) joints which are 10mm/ 0.39" thick and in the picture Moonglow's posted they haven't been properly rubbed in with a jointing iron, which gives the joints a nice elbow joint finish.
The bricks that have been laid don't match. The splash course appears to have been built with engineering bricks, which are glazed, double-fired load bearers. The courses above it are definitely old cranleighs, which are identified by the flecks/birthmarks.