In my experience yes, as you can really crank up the bolt, jamming it in place, rather than it just acting as an interface between the brick and screw.
Sorry missed this. It was the top kind. But yeah, thinking about it, my bricks are apparently on the hard end of the scale (according to the sparks I had in) even though the mortar is total shit.
In my experience yes, as you can really crank up the bolt, jamming it in place, rather than it just acting as an interface between the brick and screw.