Three hundred ninety-seven projects are written up below, each with the year it was stained, the year somebody went back, and photographs of both.
Educational
Addition
Gold
Case 031 · 2004 to 2019 · 15 years
An expansion went up against this school in brick that did not match the wall it was joined to. The school paid for the staining itself, and every one of the new units was color enhanced into the existing range.
Commercial
Makeover
Gold
Case 016 · 2001 to 2019 · 18 years
This store wanted its look updated, and in 2001 the tan brick piers across its entrance were stained into the red of the wall behind them. It was photographed again eighteen years later and certified Gold.
Commercial
Complaint
Platinum
Case 082 · 1994 to 2019 · 25 years
The brick for this building arrived in two runs and one of them was lighter. The company that made the brick paid to have the light units darkened rather than have the wall taken down.
Worship
Addition
Platinum
Case 028 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
A new wing went up against this parish church in brick that was close but not exact. The brick distributor paid to have the new units stained into the old wall, and it was photographed again and certified twenty-one years later.
Healthcare
Platinum
Case 030 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
The brick on this hospital went up blotchy, with the color out of range in spots around the building. The mason hired the correction, and it was photographed again twenty-one years later and certified then.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 037 · 2003 to 2019 · 16 years
The stone corners on this house did not match the walls they turned. They were darkened by hand in 2003, photographed again sixteen years later and certified then.
Healthcare
Complaint
Platinum
Case 045 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
The brick on this Munster, Indiana hospital went up discolored in several areas of the building. The company that made the brick paid to have the light units darkened back into range, and it was photographed again twenty-one years later and certified then.
Residential
Gold
Case 053 · 2003 to 2019 · 16 years
The brick at the foot of the two pillars carrying this front entry did not match the house around it. The mason who laid it hired the correction in 2003, and it was photographed again sixteen years later and certified then.
Commercial
Makeover
Gold
Case 055 · 2003 to 2019 · 16 years
The soldier course on this business center did not match the limestone it runs into. The mason hired the color change, and only that one band of brick was stained.
Educational
Complaint
Silver
Case 058 · 2009 to 2016 · Certified 2019
The brick delivered for this building had too many light units and not enough dark. The manufacturer remade it twice and the university rejected it both times.
Government
Restoration
Platinum
Case 019 · 1996 to 2019 · 23 years
A restoration left several areas of this library much darker than the rest of the wall. The dark brick was lightened by hand rather than replaced.
Residential
Makeover
Before, after, and about 25 years later
The brick on a brand new home came out patchy, in two shades that did not match. Stained once to a single even cream, and photographed again about 25 years later.
Educational
Complaint
Silver
Case 060 · 2010 to 2020 · 10 years
A pressure washer wand etched the face of the brick on this college building. The mason or contractor hired the color correction in 2010, and the file certifies the work at ten years.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 062 · 1997 to 2019 · 22 years
The brick on this two-story house went up blotchy, and the homeowner wanted all of it torn down. The company that made the brick paid to have it corrected instead, in December 1997.
Educational
Addition
Gold
Case 068 · 2001 to 2019 · 18 years
New brick was set against a wall that was already standing here, in a different brick and a different texture. Every new unit was color enhanced until the two read as one range.
Commercial
Complaint
Silver
Case 067 · 2008 to 2019 · 11 years
The corner brick on this four-story office went up lighter than the wall it turned, so every return read as a stripe. The company that made the brick paid to have the corners darkened rather than cut out.
Educational
Complaint
Gold
Case 070 · 2000 to 2019 · 19 years
The square 8x8 units set into this school's brick came out far lighter than the wall around them. The company that made the brick paid to have them darkened rather than cut out.
Worship
Complaint
Platinum
Case 075 · 1997 to 2019 · 22 years
Areas of brick on this Michigan church came out lighter than the brick around them, outside and inside. The company that made the brick paid to have those areas color enhanced in 1997, and it was photographed again and certified twenty-two years later.
Educational
Addition
Silver
Case 059 · 2008 to 2019 · 11 years
A three-story addition went onto a power plant whose original walls were five different runs of brick. The five runs and the mortar were stained to meet the new construction.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 009 · 1997 to 2019 · 22 years
The brick on this home went up botchy, some units too pale and some too dark. The company that made the brick paid to have it evened out in 1997.
Residential
Repair
Platinum
Case 084 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
A patch of repaired brick on this two-story Canton home stood out against the wall around it. The repaired area was stained to match in 1998 and the file was signed again twenty-one years later.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 005 · 2000 to 2019 · 19 years
The brick on this two-story home went up in colors that did not match, wall to wall. The company that made the brick paid to have it blended in 2000.
Commercial
Photographed finished, on site
A multi-storey wall where brick courses meet cast precast banding. Both are absorbent masonry, so one stain system covers the whole elevation.
Commercial
Addition
Gold
Case 014 · 2002 to 2014 · 12 years
The building went up in 1950. When it expanded in 2002 the brick it was built from was no longer manufactured, so the new wing was stained one unit at a time.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 094 · 1996 to 2019 · 23 years
The brick on this new house came out with too many dark units in the range. The company that made the brick paid to have them lightened rather than have the wall torn down and rebuilt.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 096 · 2003 to 2019 · 16 years
Some of the brick on this two-story home came out far paler than the rest of the range. The company that made the brick paid to have those units darkened in 2003, and the house was photographed again and certified Gold sixteen years later.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 095 · 1996 to 2019 · 23 years
The brick on this two-story house went up with too many light units in the wall. The company that made the brick paid to have them darkened in a single day in 1996, and the house was photographed again twenty-three years later and certified then.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 102 · 2000 to 2019 · 19 years
The brick on this new house went up blotchy, with too much red running through the range. The company that made the brick paid to have it corrected before the grand opening in 2000, and it was photographed again nineteen years later.
Residential
Makeover
Platinum
Case 107 · 2001 to 2019 · 18 years
The brick on this two-story house went up with too many bright white units in the wall. The homeowner paid to have the whites toned down into a softer range, and the work was photographed again eighteen years later.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 112 · 2001 to 2019 · 18 years
The brick on this single-story house went up blotchy and dark. The company that made the brick paid to have it lightened and blended rather than torn off, and it was photographed again eighteen years later.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 118 · 1996 to 2019 · 23 years
A lot of the brick on this single-story Ohio house went up a light orange that did not match the brick around it. The company that made the brick paid to have those units stained rather than torn out, and the house was photographed again twenty-three years later.
Commercial
Addition
Platinum
Case 129 · 1997 to 2019 · 22 years
The brick columns at this store's entrance went up a different color from the walls they stand against. The business paid to have the columns blended rather than rebuilt, and the store was photographed again twenty-two years later.
Educational
Complaint
Platinum
Case 136 · 1999 to 2019 · 20 years
Several areas of brick on this Michigan academy needed darkening, and the brick manufacturer paid for the correction in 1999. The file calls it one of the hardest bricks ever made, and the 2019 revisit certified the tint Platinum at twenty years.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 144 · 1997 to 2019 · 22 years
The color range on this Franklin, Michigan brick was never the problem; the problem was how it clustered into patches that made the wall read blotchy. The company that made the brick paid to have it evened out by hand in 1997, and it was certified Platinum when it was photographed again twenty-two years later.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 157 · 2000 to 2019 · 19 years
Power washing had pulled the color out of the brick on this Murrysville, Pennsylvania home in patches, badly enough that the file calls the house damaged. The mason hired the correction rather than the homeowner, the washed areas were color corrected in 2000, and it was certified Gold when it was photographed again nineteen years later.
Residential
Complaint
Silver
Case 162 · 2008 to 2019 · 11 years
The brick on this house went up with color problems, and the plan on the table was to tear all of it off. The company that made the brick paid to have it stained instead, and it was photographed again eleven years later and certified then.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 152 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
The brick on this new house went up with two strips of off colored units, one across the front and one beside the small garage door. The company that made the brick paid to have both corrected, and it was photographed again twenty-one years later.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 158 · 1999 to 2019 · 20 years
One area of brick over the garage door came out the wrong color. The company that made the brick paid to have that spot corrected rather than replaced, and the house was photographed again twenty years later.
Commercial
Makeover
Platinum
Case 026 · 1995 to 2019 · 24 years
The white brick bands on this three-story retirement home were changed to red. Nothing had failed and nothing was dirty; the color was a decision, and the business that runs the building paid for it.
Educational
Complaint
Bronze
Case 164 · 2012 to 2019 · 7 years
One floor of this college building went up in a run of brick that did not match the rest. The company that made the brick paid to have that floor corrected rather than replaced.
Residential
Complaint
Silver
Case 182 · 2008 to 2019 · 11 years
The brick on this two-story house in Mason, Ohio ran patchy, with off-colored units scattered through the range. The company that made the brick paid to have the patches broken up with stain in 2008, and the house was photographed again eleven years later.
Educational
Repair
Silver
Case 196 · 2007 to 2019 · 12 years
A repair to this building went in at a different color from the wall around it. The mason contractor who owned the repair paid to have the repaired brick and mortar stained to match, and it was certified twelve years later.
Commercial
Complaint
Bronze
Case 203 · 2010 to 2019 · 9 years
The brick on this campus inn was laid too light. Darks were worked over the light units and then over the medium ones until the wall read as one range.
Residential
Makeover
Four elevations, before and after
Buff yellow brick on a two-story colonial taken to an even mid grey, walls, chimney and pergola piers together. Photographed from four sides before the work and again after it.
Residential
Complaint
Bronze
Case 242 · 2011 to 2019 · 8 years
The brick on this two-story Galena home had lost a lot of its white color. The company that made the brick paid to have ninety percent of it stained in 2011, and it was photographed again and certified eight years later.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 248 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
The brick on this two-story Ohio house went up without enough dark units in the range, so the blend read flat. The company that made the brick paid to have darks added in 1998, and it was photographed again and certified twenty-one years later.
Commercial
Platinum
Case 265 · 1999 to 2019 · 20 years
Nothing on this two-story office had failed. The company that occupies it wanted the brick walls to match better, so the whole facade was stained in 1999 and enhancements were worked into the range.
Educational
Makeover
Gold
Case 267 · 2004 to 2019 · 15 years
The brick at the top of this campus building went up off-color on two ends. The mason contractor hired the correction, and the top of the wall was stained to match the bottom.
Residential
Complaint
Silver
Case 273 · 2007 to 2019 · 12 years
The brick on this Michigan house went up with off-colored units scattered through the range. The company that made the brick paid to have them stained to match rather than torn out, then photographed the house again twelve years later.
Commercial
Complaint
Gold
Case 277 · 2003 to 2019 · 16 years
The brick on this two-story Michigan office went up with off-colored units scattered through the range. The company that made the brick paid to have it blended in 2003, and it was photographed again and certified Gold sixteen years later.
Residential
Makeover
Gold
Case 283 · 2002 to 2019 · 17 years
The jack arches over the windows on this New Albany house went up off-color, so a detail the mason had built read as part of the wall. The arches alone were stained in 2002 and photographed again seventeen years later.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 161 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
The brick on this two-story house lost its coating in several places, leaving dark red areas against the rest of the wall. The company that made the brick paid for a day's work to bring them back into the range, and it was certified Platinum twenty-one years later.
Healthcare
Complaint
Silver
Case 165 · 2007 to 2016 · Certified 2019
The brick on this Lansing hospital had too many light units that did not match the range it was laid in. The brick manufacturer paid to have them darkened rather than replaced.
Educational
Complaint
Bronze
Case 405 · 2014 to 2021 · 7 years
The mortar on the stadium gate buildings at this high school went up too rangy and too dark for the brick. Every joint was stained to one color in 2014, photographed again seven years later and certified Bronze.
Government
Complaint
Platinum
Case 001 · 1986 to 2019 · 33 years
The brick and mortar colors on this library came out off, and the questionable areas were color corrected. The file is the oldest on the shelf, and the longest running.
Educational
Addition
Silver
Case 017 · 2005 to 2019 · 14 years
The school added a wing and the brick it already had did not match the brick the wing went up in. Both sides were stained to meet in the middle, and it was photographed again and certified fourteen years later.
Commercial
Gold
Case 020 · 2001 to 2019 · 18 years
The brick that went up on this South Bend bank was picked to match a sand wirecut face and did not. The business that owns the building paid to have the discolored brick stained to a closer match in 2001.
Residential
Gold
Case 022 · 2003 to 2019 · 16 years
The brick to the right of this front door needed some light units added to the range. The homeowner hired the work directly, and it was photographed again sixteen years later and certified then.
Educational
Addition
Gold
Case 023 · 2003 to 2019 · 16 years
The brick on this school addition went up plainer than the building it was joined to. About five percent of it was taken to darks in a single day on site, photographed again and certified sixteen years later.
Government
Silver
Case 024 · 2005 to 2019 · 14 years
A section of wall beside the door had been repaired with the closest brick available, and the patch showed. The brick to the right of the door was stained in 2005 to make the repair less noticeable, and photographed again fourteen years later.
Worship
Addition
Platinum
Case 027 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
An addition to this church went up in brick that did not match the older building it joined. Every new brick was color enhanced to bring it to the original, and it was photographed again twenty-one years later.
Commercial
Complaint
Platinum
Case 029 · 1997 to 2019 · 22 years
The brick on this two-story hotel went up blotchy, patch against patch, on a building that was not yet finished. The company that made the brick paid to have it corrected, and it was photographed again and certified twenty-two years later.
Government
Repair
Platinum
Case 033 · 1997 to 2019 · 22 years
Repairs to this branch library were made in brick that did not match the wall around them. The new units were colored to close the gap rather than pulled back out.
Educational
Complaint
Gold
Case 034 · 2000 to 2019 · 19 years
About fifteen thousand brick on a Grand Valley State University building went up off color, in two main areas. The university hired the correction in August 2000, and the file certifies the work at nineteen years.
Commercial
Addition
Platinum
Case 035 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
New brick went up on this plaza in a color that did not agree with the brick already there. A business paid to have every new unit stained to the old brick rather than pulled off.
Commercial
Addition
Platinum
Case 036 · 1997 to 2019 · 22 years
The brick for an addition arrived as close as the dealer could get it and still did not match the store it was going onto. The business paid to have the new units stained to the old wall rather than pulled off.
Commercial
Repair
Platinum
Case 038 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
Windows were filled in on this two-story housing block and the replacement brick and mortar did not match the wall around them. The mason's contractor called for stain after the fact, and it was photographed again twenty-one years later and certified then.
Educational
Complaint
Gold
Case 040 · 2001 to 2019 · 18 years
A few areas of brick on an Indiana Wesleyan University building went up off color. The brick manufacturer paid to have them stained back into range in 2001, and the file certifies the work at eighteen years.
Commercial
Gold
Case 043 · 2001 to 2019 · 18 years
Brick on a large part of the main wall of this downtown Hammond office went up too light. The mason and contractor hired the correction, and the pale units were darkened to meet the wall around them.
Educational
Gold
Case 046 · 2003 to 2019 · 16 years
An addition and a set of fill-ins went up in brick that read too far from the school they joined. A match was never the brief; the file records a closer blend across most of the new brick, certified sixteen years later.
Residential
Repair
Platinum
Case 050 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
The chimney on this Iowa house was repaired, and the brick that went back up did not match the house around it. The mason who did the repair hired the staining, and the work was photographed again and certified twenty-one years later.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 052 · 1997 to 2019 · 22 years
Dark brick turned up in a wall that was not meant to have any, and the company that made the brick paid for the correction. It was photographed again twenty-two years later and certified Platinum.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 054 · 2003 to 2019 · 16 years
The white brick on this single-story home was made with a clay coating, and some units went up without it. The company that made the brick paid to have the off-color ones whitened in 2003, and it was photographed again and certified sixteen years later.
Commercial
Complaint
Gold
Case 056 · 2003 to 2019 · 16 years
The darker brick set around both entrances of this office went up off color. The company that made the brick hired the correction, and the file certifies the result Gold sixteen years later.
Commercial
Complaint
Gold
Case 057 · 2003 to 2019 · 16 years
One course of brick on this single-story office ran a wider range of color than the rest of the wall. The correction was hired by the mason or contractor, only the soldier band was stained, and it was certified Gold sixteen years later.
Educational
Complaint
Platinum
Case 002 · 1995 to 2019 · 24 years
A band of discolored brick ran across this university building, and the dark areas were lightened to blend. The file records two revisits, at nineteen years and at twenty-four.
Government
Platinum
Case 061 · 1994 to 2019 · 25 years
The brick on this post office arrived with light units through two walls and the eagle sculpture set into one of them. The company that made the brick paid to have them darkened into the range, and the wall was photographed again and certified twenty-five years later.
Educational
Complaint
Platinum
Case 063 · 1994 to 2019 · 25 years
The radial brick on a Western Michigan University building, and the walls between it, went up missing maroons and flashed colors, and some of the base color was too orange. The brick manufacturer paid for the correction in 1994, and the file certifies the work at twenty-five years.
Commercial
Complaint
Platinum
Case 064 · 1999 to 2019 · 20 years
The brick on this two-story hotel went up blotchy, and the company that made the brick paid to have it blended in 1999. Twenty years later an outside contractor had painted over the brick and the paint was already failing.
Commercial
Complaint
Platinum
Case 065 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
The brick on these apartment buildings went up with several off colored areas across the elevations. Areas were lightened and areas were darkened in 1998 to bring the wall into one range, and the buildings were photographed again twenty-one years later.
Residential
Platinum
Case 071 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
The small wall in front of this house was rebuilt in brick that did not match the rest of it. The homeowner paid to have the new brick colored rather than taken down again.
Government
Platinum
Case 072 · 1999 to 2019 · 20 years
Two areas of brick on this Auburn, Indiana city hall did not match the wall around them. They were stained in 1999 and certified Platinum when the building was photographed again twenty years later.
Educational
Complaint
Gold
Case 073 · 2001 to 2019 · 18 years
A dark band of brick on this school ran too light in places. The company that made the brick paid to have the light units darkened, and the wall was photographed again and certified eighteen years later.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 074 · 1997 to 2019 · 22 years
The brick on this single-story Indiana house went up blotchy, dark units sitting next to pale ones across every wall. The company that made the brick paid to have it blended in 1997, and it was photographed again and certified Platinum twenty-two years later.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 076 · 2003 to 2019 · 16 years
The peaks of this two-story house came out lighter than the brick below them. The company that made the brick paid to have them darkened in a few hours on site, and it was photographed again sixteen years later and certified then.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 077 · 2003 to 2019 · 16 years
The brick on this two-story house went up blotchy, wall after wall. The company that made the brick paid to bring it into one color range in 2003, and it was photographed again sixteen years later and certified then.
Residential
Repair
Platinum
Case 078 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
A repair on this two-story house had left off color mortar joints and replacement brick that read darker than the wall around it. Both were lightened in 1998 to bring the patch back into the wall, and the house was photographed again twenty-one years later.
Residential
Silver
Case 079 · 2007 to 2019 · 12 years
The brick on this Fishers, Indiana house went up lighter than the homeowners wanted. The mason who built it hired the color change in 2007, the red darkened by hand and the mortar tinted to follow it.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 083 · 2000 to 2019 · 19 years
A power washer took the color off the brick on this Belleville house. It was put back by hand in 2000, and the same walls were photographed again and certified nineteen years later.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 086 · 2003 to 2019 · 16 years
A different run of brick got mixed into this Mason home. The company that made the brick paid to have the off-color units corrected in 2003, the area by the front door most of all.
Healthcare
Complaint
Platinum
Case 089 · 1996 to 2019 · 23 years
The walls on this Indiana hospital went up blotchy, and the lower three fourths were blended by hand in 1996 in a day and a half. It was photographed again twenty-three years later and certified Platinum.
Commercial
Complaint
Platinum
Case 091 · 1994 to 2019 · 25 years
The brick on this community went up off color, worst of all on the clocktower everybody looks at. The company that made the brick hired the correction rather than see it torn out.
Educational
Platinum
Case 006 · 1999 to 2021 · 22 years
The brick on this technical school went up with large spots of off color units and diagonal lines across one large wall. A mason hired the color correction in 1999, and the wall was photographed again twenty-two years later.
Educational
Complaint
Platinum
Case 013 · 1999 to 2019 · 20 years
The brick range on this school went up with too many light units in it. The company that made the brick paid for a single day of staining to darken the light spots.
Commercial
Complaint
Platinum
Case 004 · 2000 to 2019 · 19 years
The brick on this two-story funeral home went up with runs of off-color units blotching the exterior. The company that made the brick paid to have it corrected in 2000, and it was photographed again nineteen years later.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 003 · 2002 to 2019 · 17 years
Off-colored brick ran throughout this house, and two recipes were mixed for a better blend. When the file was revisited, the new owners did not know the house had been stained.
Residential
Repair
Before and after, same wall
A repair left a patch of new brick sitting bright red against a dark brown wall. Custom colors, mixed to the original masonry, took the outline away.
Educational
Restoration
Gold
Case 007 · 2001 to 2019 · 18 years
Repairs and restoration left this high school with brick that did not match the wall around it. The mason contractor who laid it hired the correction, and the file certifies the work at eighteen years.
Residential
Addition
Gold
Case 010 · 2001 to 2019 · 18 years
An addition went onto this two-story brick house and the new brick did not agree with the old. Every brick was stained in 2001, and the family who hired the work still lived there when it was photographed again eighteen years later.
Commercial
Makeover
Gold
Case 011 · 2001 to 2019 · 18 years
The brick in the alley beside this architect's office did not match the brick on the front. It was stained to a closer match in 2001, on a day nobody billed for.
Commercial
Makeover
Gold
Case 021 · 2003 to 2019 · 16 years
The company that owns this office wanted a better blend out of its brick. Most of the wall was stained by hand in 2003.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 093 · 2000 to 2019 · 19 years
Areas of the brick on this St Clair, Michigan house came out discolored, and the company that made the brick paid to have those areas stained in 2000. Nineteen years later it was photographed again from the street, the only vantage the owner allowed, and certified Gold.
Residential
Platinum
Case 097 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
Sections of the brick on this Novi house came in darker than the rest of it. The company that made the brick paid to have them lightened and blended two weeks before Christmas in 1998, and it was photographed again twenty-one years later.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 098 · 1997 to 2019 · 22 years
The brick on this two-story Sterling Heights house showed its red body through in patches and clusters around the walls. The company that made the brick paid to have those areas lightened in 1997, and it was photographed again twenty-two years later and certified Platinum.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 099 · 2004 to 2019 · 15 years
Too many of the brick on this single-story house came out dark red and dark orange for the range they belonged to. The company that made the brick paid to have the dark ones lightened, and it was photographed again and certified at least fifteen years later.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 104 · 2002 to 2019 · 17 years
A few areas of light colored brick on this two-story house did not belong in the wall. The company that made the brick paid to have them darkened while the house was still being built.
Worship
Addition
Gold
Case 106 · 2001 to 2019 · 18 years
The columns under this Michigan church's entrance canopy went up in brick that did not match the walls around them. The mason and contractor paid to have those columns stained in 2001, and they were photographed again and certified eighteen years later.
Commercial
Complaint
Silver
Case 108 · 2005 to 2019 · 14 years
The brick on this two-story office went up in colors that did not match. The company that made the brick paid to have it blended rather than torn off.
Residential
Addition
Silver
Case 012 · 2008 to 2019 · 11 years
An addition went on this two-story home and the homeowners wanted the brick to match. They hired the work themselves, and it was photographed again and certified eleven years later.
Commercial
Makeover
Bronze
Case 008 · 2011 to 2019 · 8 years
The owner of this apartment block wanted the building livened up. Every brick in the bands was color corrected in 2011, photographed again eight years later and certified then.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 110 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
One area of the brick on this house did not match the rest of it. The company that made the brick paid to have that area lightened and blended by hand in the autumn of 1998, and it was photographed again twenty-one years later and certified then.
Government
Complaint
Platinum
Case 111 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
Dark brick had been laid across the top part of the wall on this St Clair, Michigan fire station, and the company that made the brick paid to have those units lightened in 1998. Twenty-one years later it was photographed again and certified Platinum, the top of the scale.
Healthcare
Complaint
Gold
Case 113 · 2000 to 2019 · 19 years
The owners did not want the light orange brick in the back wall of this two-story medical office. More than a thousand units were darkened to a red that matched the rest, paid for by the company that made the brick.
Commercial
Addition
Gold
Case 115 · 2000 to 2019 · 19 years
An exterior column added to the entrance of this Mishawaka credit union went up in a brick nobody could match. The business that owns the building paid to have the new column color corrected in 2000, and it was photographed again nineteen years later and certified then.
Commercial
Complaint
Platinum
Case 116 · before 1999 to 2019 · 20 years or more
Part of the brick range delivered to this two-story office fired darker than the rest, so the finished wall read as spotted. The company that made the brick paid to have the dark units lightened rather than cut out.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 121 · 2002 to 2019 · 17 years
The brick on this single-story home went up with its dark units bunched into patches instead of spread through the wall. The company that made the brick paid to have them lightened, and the house was photographed again seventeen years later and certified then.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 122 · 1996 to 2019 · 23 years
The brick on this house went up with large areas carrying almost no color range at all. The company that made the brick paid to have it blended in 1996, and it was photographed again twenty-three years later and certified then.
Healthcare
Platinum
Case 123 · 1997 to 2019 · 22 years
One patch of brick on this Ohio medical center did not match the range around it. It was stained back into that range in 1997 rather than replaced, and the building was photographed again twenty-two years later and certified then.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 124 · 2001 to 2019 · 18 years
A few areas of brick on this two-story Ohio house came out lighter than the range around them. The company that made the brick paid to have those areas darkened in 2001, and it was photographed again eighteen years later and certified then.
Worship
Complaint
Platinum
Case 125 · 1999 to 2019 · 20 years
One elevation of this Indiana church went up in blotchy brick that did not agree with itself across the wall. The company that made the brick paid to have it blended in 1999, and it was photographed again and certified twenty years later.
Residential
Complaint
Silver
Case 126 · 2005 to 2019 · 14 years
A few of the brick that arrived at this house were the wrong color, packed into the cubes with the right ones by mistake. The company that made the brick paid to have those units lightened in 2005 rather than cut out of the wall.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 127 · 2002 to 2019 · 17 years
Fewer than twenty dark bricks in the wall of this two-story house bothered the owner. The company that made the brick paid to have those units colored to match, and nothing else on the house was touched.
Worship
Complaint
Platinum
Case 130 · 1996 to 2019 · 23 years
The brick on this church went up light across the top of the main wall and in a few other areas. The company that made the brick paid to have those areas darkened rather than rebuilt.
Commercial
Makeover
Gold
Case 131 · 2004 to 2019 · 15 years
The brick above the shopfront canopies on this plaza went up lighter than the brick below them. A business paid to have the light units darkened rather than cut out, and the work was photographed again fifteen years later.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 132 · 2001 to 2019 · 18 years
The brick on this single-story house went up with off colored areas scattered through the walls. The company that made the brick paid to have it blended, and the work was photographed again eighteen years later.
Commercial
Makeover
Gold
Case 133 · 2001 to 2019 · 18 years
The owner of this office wanted the brick to carry more character than it had. A band of it was darkened in 2001, and the building was photographed again eighteen years later and certified then.
Worship
Complaint
Gold
Case 135 · 2001 to 2019 · 18 years
Areas of off color brick ran around this parish church. The company that made the brick paid to have them blended rather than replaced.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 137 · 1997 to 2019 · 22 years
Power washing damaged the brick on this Rochester Hills house, and the damaged units were color corrected with stain in 1997. It was photographed again twenty-two years later and certified Platinum then.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 142 · 1999 to 2019 · 20 years
The brick on this West Bloomfield house went up discolored and blotchy, and the company that made it paid to have the color corrected in 1999. It was photographed again twenty years later and certified Platinum.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 143 · 1997 to 2019 · 22 years
Dark off-color units ran right through the brick on this two-story house. The company that made the brick paid to have them lightened rather than pulled out, and the wall was photographed again twenty-two years later.
Residential
Makeover
Gold
Case 147 · 2001 to 2019 · 18 years
Nothing on this Michigan Tudor had failed. The owner wanted the brick darker and redder, so the whole elevation was stained by hand in 2001 and certified Gold when it was photographed again eighteen years later.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 149 · 2003 to 2019 · 16 years
The brick on this New Baltimore, Michigan house went up blotchy, light units sitting beside dark ones across the whole wall. The company that made the brick paid to have it blended by hand in June 2003, and it was certified Gold when it was photographed again sixteen years later.
Residential
Complaint
Silver
Case 150 · 2008 to 2019 · 11 years
The brick on this two-story house went up blotchy, pale patches sitting among dark ones on every wall. The company that made the brick paid to have it evened out, and it was photographed again and certified eleven years later.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 153 · 2003 to 2019 · 16 years
Parts of the brick on this single-story house came out lighter than the rest, and the company that made the brick paid to have them darkened in a few hours on site. It was photographed again sixteen years later and certified Gold then.
Educational
Complaint
Bronze
Case 154 · 2012 to 2019 · 7 years
The brick on this university building went up with large blotchy patches across the walls. The company that made the brick paid to break the patches up in 2012, and it was photographed again seven years later and certified Bronze.
Healthcare
Complaint
Gold
Case 155 · 2004 to 2019 · 15 years
The brick on this hospital went up with zippers of light brick around the windows and doors. The company that made the brick paid to have them darkened rather than replaced, and the wall was photographed again fifteen years later.
Commercial
Repair
Silver
Case 159 · 2007 to 2019 · 12 years
A repaired area beside this store's entrance came out a different color and a different texture from the wall around it. The business paid to have that one area stained back into the wall rather than rebuilt.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 160 · 1999 to 2019 · 20 years
A run of off color brick landed together at the lower corner of this house, to the left of the front door. The company that distributed the brick paid to have that one area stained, and it was photographed again and certified twenty years later.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 163 · 1999 to 2019 · 20 years
Brick from a different run went up on the back of this house, so one area of the wall never matched the rest of it. A mason paid to have that area put right in 1999, and the same elevation was photographed again and certified Platinum twenty years later.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 167 · 1999 to 2019 · 20 years
A few bricks on this single story house came out blotchy and off color. The company that made the brick paid to have those areas stained to match the rest, and the house was photographed again and certified twenty years later.
Restaurant
Makeover
Bronze
Case 169 · 2010 to 2019 · 9 years
The mortar on this new Michigan restaurant came out the wrong color against white brick. The joints were stained white in 2010, photographed again nine years later and certified Bronze then.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 170 · 2004 to 2019 · 15 years
Power washing had pulled the color out of this brick in patches. The damaged areas were color enhanced rather than left to weather back in, and the house was photographed again fifteen years later and certified then.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 171 · 2003 to 2019 · 16 years
The brick on this Michigan house went up in two runs that did not match, one darker than the other. The company that made the brick paid to have the darker run lightened, and the house was photographed again and certified sixteen years later.
Healthcare
Complaint
Platinum
Case 173 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
The brick on this hospital went up with too many white units grouped together. The company that made the brick paid to have them darkened back into the range around them, and the wall was photographed again and certified twenty-one years later.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 174 · 2001 to 2019 · 18 years
The brick range on this single-story Michigan house included units that came out too light. The company that made the brick paid to tone them a few shades darker, and the wall was photographed again eighteen years later.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 175 · 2004 to 2019 · 15 years
A few brick in the range on this Michigan house came out the wrong color, scattered through a wall that was otherwise even. The company that made the brick paid to have the odd units darkened back into the range in 2004, and the wall was photographed again and certified fifteen years later.
Commercial
Addition
Gold
Case 178 · 2001 to 2019 · 18 years
An addition of 100,000 modular brick went up against the wall already standing at this Michigan mall, and the two did not agree. The company that supplied the brick hired the staining rather than have the new work pulled off.
Residential
Makeover
Gold
Case 181 · 2003 to 2019 · 16 years
The homeowners had gone off the white buff clay brick their house was built in, and they did not want it painted. All of the brick was stained a salmon color in 2003, and it was photographed again sixteen years later and certified then.
Commercial
Repair
Bronze
Case 185 · 2012 to 2019 · 7 years
A repair had gone in and the new brick did not match the old. All of the brick was stained rather than the repaired area alone, mortar included.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 186 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
The brick on this single-story house went up blotchy, with a lot of units well outside the range. The company that made the brick paid to have it corrected rather than torn off.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 187 · 1997 to 2019 · 22 years
The brick on this single story house went up with too many pale units scattered through the range. The company that made the brick paid to have them darkened rather than replaced.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 188 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
The brick on the back of this house went up with patchy areas that did not match the range around them. The company that made the brick paid to have it corrected in 1998, and it was photographed again twenty-one years later and certified then.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 189 · 2000 to 2019 · 19 years
The brick on this house went up with light units scattered through the range that did not belong there. The company that made the brick paid to have them darkened in 2000, and it was photographed again nineteen years later and certified then.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 190 · 1999 to 2019 · 20 years
The brick on the front of this two-story house came out with light, patchy areas in it, and mineral stain was used to darken them in 1999. The house was photographed again twenty years later and certified Platinum then.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 191 · 2003 to 2019 · 16 years
This house had dark brick scattered right through the walls, and washing it left the owners unhappy with how it looked. The company that made the brick paid to have the dark units lightened into the range, and it was photographed again and certified sixteen years later.
Worship
Complaint
Bronze
Case 193 · 2010 to 2019 · 9 years
A few brick on this Ohio church came out lighter than the wall they sat in. The company that made the brick paid to have them blended in 2010, and it was photographed again and certified nine years later.
Commercial
Repair
Silver
Case 195 · 2007 to 2019 · 12 years
A car hit this store, and the brick column at the front did not match the building around it. All of the brick was stained in 2007, photographed again twelve years later and certified then.
Residential
Gold
Case 199 · 2001 to 2019 · 18 years
The brick at the top of this chimney came out the wrong color against the brick below it. The mason who laid it called in the correction, and it was photographed again eighteen years later and certified then.
Commercial
Complaint
Gold
Case 200 · 2003 to 2019 · 16 years
The concrete block on this Michigan store had been cleaned improperly and was holding moisture and efflorescence. It was stained in 2003 to bring the wall back into one range of color, then photographed again and certified in 2019.
Worship
Addition
Platinum
Case 201 · 1997 to 2019 · 22 years
A small addition on the back of this church went up in brick that did not match the original. Rather than patch the join, all of the brick was stained one color, and it was photographed again twenty-two years later.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 204 · 2000 to 2019 · 19 years
Runs of off-colored brick ran through the whole house, pale streaks standing out against the red. The off-colored brick was darkened in 2000 to bring the wall back to one range, and photographed again nineteen years later.
Residential
Makeover
Silver
Case 207 · 2008 to 2019 · 11 years
The brick on this Wampler Heights lake house came with the house in a pale buff and cream blend the owners did not want. It was stained in 2008 as a makeover and certified Silver when the file was signed eleven years later.
Commercial
Restoration
Silver
Case 208 · 2005 to 2019 · 14 years
Fire damaged this two-story apartment building, and the restoration contractor who replaced the brick got a close match rather than an exact one. Staining in 2005 closed the rest of the gap, and the wall was photographed again and certified fourteen years later.
Restaurant
Complaint
Gold
Case 209 · 2002 to 2019 · 17 years
The brick on this Michigan restaurant went up in two runs that did not match. The company that made the brick paid to have the off color units stained in 2002, and the building was photographed again and certified seventeen years later.
Commercial
Repair
Gold
Case 210 · 2000 to 2019 · 19 years
A restoration repair went into this apartment block and the brick chosen for it did not match what was already on the wall. The mortar and all of the brick were stained in 2000 rather than the patch alone, and it was photographed again nineteen years later.
Residential
Complaint
Silver
Case 213 · 2005 to 2019 · 14 years
Two runs of brick went into this house and they did not match, in color or in texture. The company that made the brick paid to have them blended in 2005 rather than torn out, and the wall was photographed again and certified fourteen years later.
Commercial
Makeover
Bronze
Case 214 · 2011 to 2019 · 8 years
The decorative brick panels on this single-story office had gone flat, and from the road the whole elevation read as one dull tan field. Selected units inside the existing panels were stained red by hand in 2011, and the wall was photographed again and certified in 2019.
Commercial
Addition
Platinum
Case 215 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
Two stories were added to the elevator shaft on this Michigan high rise and the brick that went up did not match the brick already there. The mason who hired the work had the new brick stained to meet the old, and it was photographed again twenty-one years later.
Educational
Complaint
Platinum
Case 217 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
The soldier courses on this college building were laid in a maroon purple that sat outside the wall around them. The company that made the brick paid to have those courses stained to an orange red, and it was certified twenty-one years later.
Educational
Complaint
Platinum
Case 218 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
The 8 by 8 brick at the entrance of this community college went up too light. The company that made the brick paid to have the color corrected rather than torn off.
Residential
Platinum
Case 219 · 1999 to 2019 · 20 years
A few areas of the brick on this house went up dark and blotchy against a lighter range. The company that made the brick paid to have them lightened rather than cut out and replaced.
Residential
Addition
Bronze
Case 220 · 2012 to 2019 · 7 years
The homeowners had put an addition on the house and wanted its brick to match what was already standing. The brick and the mortar were stained in the winter of 2012, and it was photographed again seven years later and certified then.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 221 · 1996 to 2019 · 23 years
A spray wash took the surface off parts of the brick on this house. The damaged brick was stained back to the color of the wall around it in 1996, and the house was photographed again twenty-three years later and certified then.
Residential
Complaint
Bronze
Case 222 · 2011 to 2019 · 8 years
A few bricks on this Macomb house went up paler than everything around them. The company that made the brick paid to have them darkened into the range in 2011, and the house was photographed again and certified eight years later.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 223 · 2004 to 2019 · 15 years
The brick on this Michigan house arrived marked, with chips and smudges scattered through the wall. They were stained out in 2004, and a share of the brick around them was stained too to lighten the whole range, then photographed again fifteen years later.
Educational
Addition
Gold
Case 224 · 2000 to 2019 · 19 years
The customer wanted more dark colors in the brick range on this school addition. The file records fifteen percent of the units stained dark in 2000, photographed again and certified Gold nineteen years later.
Educational
Makeover
Gold
Case 225 · 2000 to 2019 · 19 years
Areas of light brick on this Michigan middle school did not blend with the range around them. Every light unit was stained in 2000, and the wall was photographed again and certified Gold nineteen years later.
Educational
Complaint
Gold
Case 226 · 2003 to 2019 · 16 years
Pressure washing had damaged the brick in several areas of this Michigan school. A mason hired the correction, every brick in those areas was stained in 2003, and it was photographed again sixteen years later and certified then.
Residential
Addition
Silver
Case 228 · 2008 to 2019 · 11 years
A very large addition went up on this house in brick that did not match the house it joined. The homeowner paid to have the new brick brought into range with the old, and it was photographed again eleven years later and certified then.
Educational
Repair
Silver
Case 230 · 2007 to 2019 · 12 years
Areas of this campus building had been repaired, and the repaired brick did not match the range around it. The trade that did the work paid to bring the off color units back into that range, and it was photographed again twelve years later and certified then.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 231 · 2004 to 2019 · 15 years
The brick on this new Ohio house went up off color, and the file records the mortar was off with it. The company that made the brick paid to have both stained in 2004, and the house was photographed again and certified Gold in 2019.
Commercial
Addition
Silver
Case 233 · 2008 to 2019 · 11 years
The brick on an addition to this Illinois dealership did not match the range already standing. The mason who built it hired the staining in 2008, and it was photographed again eleven years later and certified then.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 235 · 2000 to 2019 · 19 years
The brick on this Sparta house arrived in two runs that did not match each other. The company that made the brick paid to have both runs stained and blended in 2000, and the file was signed Gold when it was photographed again nineteen years later.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 236 · 2003 to 2019 · 16 years
The brick on this Shiloh, Illinois house went up in two runs that did not match each other. The company that made the brick paid to have the off-color units stained into the range, and the file was signed Gold when the house was photographed again sixteen years later.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 237 · 2003 to 2019 · 16 years
The brick on this house went up patchy, and the homeowners said so. The company that made the brick paid to have it blended in 2003, and it was photographed again sixteen years later and certified then.
Commercial
Complaint
Gold
Case 238 · 2000 to 2019 · 19 years
The brick on this single-story office went up blotchy and off color. The company that made the brick paid to have it corrected rather than torn off, and the building was photographed again nineteen years later and certified then.
Commercial
Silver
Case 239 · 2007 to 2019 · 12 years
The upright brick running down the outside corners of this building went up unfinished, so the corners did not match the wall they were part of. They were stained in 2007, and the building was photographed again twelve years later and certified then.
Government
Complaint
Silver
Case 240 · 2007 to 2019 · 12 years
The shaped units that turn the outside corners of this library came out a different color from the rest of the brick, so every corner read as a pale stripe up the wall. The brick manufacturer paid to have the corners stained rather than cut out.
Commercial
Addition
Platinum
Case 241 · 1997 to 2019 · 22 years
New brick went up on this Wooster office building and a few areas of it did not match the range. All of the new brick was stained in 1997, and the building was photographed again twenty-two years later and certified then.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 243 · 2001 to 2019 · 18 years
Pressure washing left damage across the brick on this single-story house. A mason contractor paid to have the damaged areas color corrected rather than leave them showing.
Commercial
Restoration
Gold
Case 244 · 2001 to 2019 · 18 years
Restoration work on this 1894 stone house left patches of replacement stone that did not match the rest of the range. All of the masonry was stained to one match in 2001, photographed again in 2019 and certified at eighteen years.
Educational
Addition
Platinum
Case 245 · 1996 to 2019 · 23 years
A new addition went up in brick that did not match the building it joined, and a business hired the correction. The addition was stained into range in 1996 and photographed again twenty-three years later.
Worship
Platinum
Case 246 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
The brick on this church needed a closer match. The file records a one day job in 1998 to stain both the brick and the mortar, photographed again twenty-one years later and certified Platinum.
Commercial
Repair
Platinum
Case 247 · 1996 to 2019 · 23 years
Brick on this single-story Cleveland office was repaired, and the repair did not match what was already there. The whole elevation was stained in 1996 rather than the patch on its own, photographed again twenty-three years later and certified Platinum.
Residential
Gold
Case 249 · 2001 to 2019 · 18 years
A repair left this chimney in brick that did not match the house it stands on. The homeowners paid to have all of the chimney brick stained in 2001, and it was photographed again eighteen years later and certified then.
Educational
Complaint
Gold
Case 250 · 2000 to 2019 · 19 years
The architect rejected the brick on this Ohio school after it was laid, because large groups of units had come out the same color. The company that made the brick paid for two days of staining to break the runs up and even out the range, and it was photographed again nineteen years later and certified then.
Educational
Complaint
Gold
Case 251 · 2000 to 2019 · 19 years
The brick on this elementary school went up with too many light units in the range, and the company that made the brick paid to have a percentage of them darkened rather than have the wall taken down. It was photographed again nineteen years later and certified Gold.
Commercial
Complaint
Platinum
Case 253 · 1997 to 2019 · 22 years
Some of the brick near the front door of this Ohio restaurant went up a different color from the rest. The company that made the brick paid to have those units stained in 1997, and the building was photographed again and certified twenty-two years later.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 254 · 1997 to 2019 · 22 years
A powerwash left damage on the brick across the front and both sides of this house. The mason or contractor hired the correction, and it was photographed again twenty-two years later and certified Platinum.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 255 · 2000 to 2019 · 19 years
Rust had marked some of the brick on this Ohio house and other units had fired far darker than the range around them. The company that made the brick paid to have both corrected in 2000, and it was photographed again and certified Gold nineteen years later.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 257 · 2001 to 2019 · 18 years
Two runs of brick went into this single-story Ohio house and one of them did not match the run already installed. The company that made the brick paid to have the off-colored run stained in 2001, and the house was photographed again eighteen years later and certified Gold.
Commercial
Complaint
Platinum
Case 258 · 1997 to 2019 · 22 years
The brick that arrived for this office did not match the sample that had been approved. The company that made the brick paid for all of it to be taken to a darker shade, and it was photographed again twenty-two years later and certified then.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 259 · 2001 to 2019 · 18 years
The homeowner rejected the brick on this single-story Ohio house because as laid it did not blend. The company that made the brick paid to have the color enhanced in 2001, and it was photographed again eighteen years later and certified then.
Commercial
Complaint
Platinum
Case 260 · 1996 to 2019 · 23 years
The soldier brick on this Ohio mall was rejected for carrying too much color range. The brick manufacturer paid to have it blended in 1996, and the architect approved the range after two applications over three days.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 261 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
The shaped bricks at the corners of this Ohio house did not match the wall around them. The company that made the brick paid to have them corrected in 1998, and the house was photographed again and certified Platinum twenty-one years later.
Worship
Silver
Case 262 · 2008 to 2019 · 11 years
Horizontal accent bands run across the buff brick of this church, and two of them at the top of the wall came out darker than the rest. The dark units were lightened rather than cut out, and the wall was photographed again eleven years later.
Educational
Bronze
Case 263 · certified 2019 · 7 to 9 years
The brick on the upper floors of this university hall did not match the brick below it. The upper wall was stained to bring it into the range of the bottom, and the building was photographed again and certified Bronze in 2019.
Commercial
Complaint
Platinum
Case 268 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
Off-colored brick ran through the range on this mall, and the company that made the brick paid for a percentage of it to be stained into a better blend. It was photographed again twenty-one years later and certified Platinum.
Commercial
Complaint
Gold
Case 270 · 2000 to 2019 · 19 years
Areas of the brick on this Michigan Home Depot went up outside the color range the rest of the store was built to. The company that made the brick paid to have those areas blended in 2000, and the entrance was photographed again and certified Gold in 2019.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 271 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
The grey brick on this two-story house went up with off-colored, blotchy units scattered through the range. The company that made the brick paid to have every one of them stained to match, and someone went back twenty-one years later and photographed the same wall.
Government
Makeover
Gold
Case 272 · 2000 to 2019 · 19 years
Nothing on this Dearborn Heights, Michigan recreation center had failed. The customer wanted bands of contrast worked into the brick, and it was photographed again nineteen years later and certified Gold.
Commercial
Silver
Case 274 · 2004 to 2019 · 15 years
The upper section of these apartment walls went up in a brick the owner had matched as closely as they could find, and it was not close enough. The upper walls were stained in August 2004 and photographed again fifteen years later.
Commercial
Complaint
Gold
Case 275 · 2000 to 2019 · 19 years
The brick on this store was damaged by powerwashing while the building was still going up. It was color corrected in 2000, photographed again nineteen years later, and certified then.
Healthcare
Silver
Case 278 · 2008 to 2019 · 11 years
Areas of this hospital's brickwork had been repaired, and the replacement brick did not match the wall. The mason contractor who made the repairs paid to have them stained into the range in 2008, and the file was re-photographed and certified Silver eleven years later.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 279 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
The white brick on this house went up with some units carrying less of the white coating than the rest of the range. The company that made the brick paid to have the darker ones brought up to match, and someone went back twenty-one years later and photographed the same entry.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 280 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
The brick on this house arrived in two runs that did not match, and it was rejected on the wall. The company that made the brick paid to have every light unit darkened, and the same elevation was photographed again twenty-one years later.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 281 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
The step treads and coping on this Ohio entrance went in a different color from the pavers around them. The brick manufacturer paid to have the shapes tinted into the range in 1998, and they were photographed again twenty-one years later and certified Platinum.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 285 · 1999 to 2019 · 20 years
Two different runs of brick went up on this Johnstown, Ohio house and the homeowner turned them down. The brick manufacturer paid to have the pale units darkened in 1999, and the house was photographed again twenty years later and certified then.
Commercial
Complaint
Platinum
Case 288 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
Too many of the header bricks on this grocery store came out lighter than the wall around them. The company that made the brick paid to have the off-color units stained rather than replaced, and it was photographed again twenty-one years later.
Commercial
Repair
Gold
Case 291 · 2000 to 2019 · 19 years
A small patch of replacement brick went into this apartment block in a color that did not match the wall around it. The mason who did the repair paid to have the patch stained rather than pulled out.
Commercial
Complaint
Platinum
Case 292 · 1999 to 2019 · 20 years
A pressure washer stripped the color off the brick on this store and cut into the face of the units. The mason who hired the job had the affected areas color corrected in 1999, and it was photographed again and certified twenty years later.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 293 · 2003 to 2019 · 16 years
The brick on this house came out uneven, and mud splash had left brown marks along the bottom of the walls. The company that made the brick paid to have it corrected, and it was photographed again sixteen years later and certified then.
Commercial
Complaint
Silver
Case 294 · 2005 to 2019 · 14 years
Large areas of the brick on this two-story Dublin office center fired darker than the range it was specified in. The brick manufacturer paid to have ninety percent of it lightened in 2005 rather than torn down, and the wall was photographed again and certified in 2019.
Worship
Platinum
Case 295 · 1999 to 2019 · 20 years
The brick on this Hilliard, Ohio church went up lighter than the customer wanted. The contractor bought a stain kit and tinted the wall himself in 1999, and it was photographed again twenty years later and certified then.
Commercial
Makeover
Gold
Case 296 · 2003 to 2019 · 16 years
The owner of this motorcycle showroom did not like the color of the brick. The business paid to have all of it stained rather than rebuilt, and it was photographed again sixteen years later and certified then.
Healthcare
Complaint
Silver
Case 297 · 2008 to 2019 · 11 years
Two runs of split faced block went up on this medical building in colors that did not match. The mason who built it paid to have the off-colored run stained to the rest, and it was photographed again eleven years later and certified then.
Educational
Complaint
Platinum
Case 298 · 1999 to 2019 · 20 years
Some of the brick on this school came in lighter than the rest, and the special shapes did not match the range either. The company that made the brick paid to have it corrected, and it was photographed again twenty years later.
Residential
Silver
Case 299 · 2008 to 2019 · 11 years
The brick on this two-story house went up with off-colored units scattered through the range. They were stained to match the brick around them in 2008, and the house was photographed again and certified eleven years later.
Residential
Silver
Case 300 · 2007 to 2019 · 12 years
Areas of brick on this Avon, Indiana house stood out from the range around them. The mason on the job had the brick and mortar stained to bring those units back in, and it was photographed again twelve years later and certified then.
Residential
Complaint
Silver
Case 302 · 2007 to 2019 · 12 years
The brick on this house arrived from the plant already coated in cement to give it a new color range, and the coating wore off. The company that made the brick paid to put the color back in 2007, and the house was photographed again and certified twelve years later.
Residential
Repair
Silver
Case 303 · 2007 to 2019 · 12 years
A run of brick under the windows on this two-story Fishers, Indiana house did not match the wall around it. The mason who built it hired the correction in 2007, some units lightened and some darkened, and it was photographed again and certified twelve years later.
Residential
Complaint
Silver
Case 304 · 2007 to 2019 · 12 years
The brick on this house went up off color in places, and a few areas of mortar needed fixing. Both were stained rather than pulled out, and the house was photographed again twelve years later.
Residential
Complaint
Silver
Case 305 · 2009 to 2019 · 10 years
The homeowners rejected the brick on this Indiana house and wanted it torn down because the colors in the range did not agree with each other. The company that made the brick paid to have every elevation blended in 2009, and the house was photographed again and certified ten years later.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 306 · 1997 to 2019 · 22 years
A pressure washer cut into the face of the brick on this Carmel house while it was still being built. The damaged spots were color enhanced by hand in 1997, and the house was photographed again twenty-two years later and certified then.
Healthcare
Complaint
Gold
Case 307 · 2004 to 2019 · 15 years
Areas of the brick on this Carmel, Indiana medical center came out darker than the range around them. The company that made the brick paid to have the dark areas lightened in 2004, and it was photographed again fifteen years later and certified then.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 308 · 2000 to 2019 · 19 years
The brick on this house went up with more bare white units than the sample the homeowners had picked. The company that made the brick paid to have it blended, and it was photographed again nineteen years later.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 309 · 2001 to 2019 · 18 years
The brick on this Indianapolis house went up blotchy, pale areas sitting among dark ones. The company that made the brick paid to have it evened out in 2001, and it was photographed again and certified Gold eighteen years later.
Residential
Addition
Silver
Case 312 · 2009 to 2019 · 10 years
The family built an addition and the new brick came from a different maker, so it never quite matched the house. Every brick on the home was stained, the new work and the original together, and it was photographed again ten years later and certified then.
Residential
Complaint
Bronze
Case 313 · 2012 to 2019 · 7 years
The special shapes on this home went up a different color from the brick around them. The company that made the brick paid to have every shape stained to match.
Residential
Complaint
Bronze
Case 314 · 2012 to 2019 · 7 years
The stone on this model home went up lighter than the color that had been approved for it. It was stained in 2012 to bring it back to that color, then photographed again and certified seven years later.
Residential
Complaint
Bronze
Case 315 · 2010 to 2019 · 9 years
A pressure washer left serious wand damage on the brick of this house. The masonry contractor paid to have the color put back by hand in July 2010, photographed again nine years later and certified then.
Commercial
Complaint
Bronze
Case 316 · 2010 to 2019 · 9 years
The brick and the mortar on this two-story Ohio retail building went up off color, in a wider range than the customer had expected. The mason who laid the wall paid to have a good portion of the brick and the mortar stained into range in 2010, photographed again nine years later and certified Bronze.
Residential
Complaint
Silver
Case 041 · 2007 to 2021 · 14 years
The brick on this house in Mason, Ohio went up with off colored, blotchy areas across the walls. The brick manufacturer paid to have three of the four sides color corrected in 2007, photographed again fourteen years later and certified Silver.
Educational
Restoration
Silver
Case 318 · 2009 to 2019 · 10 years
A restoration put new brick into the walls of a university building in Kent, Ohio, and the best match the contractor could find was not close enough for the university. The contractor had all of the brick stained to one range in 2009, photographed again ten years later and certified Silver.
Healthcare
Complaint
Silver
Case 319 · 2005 to 2019 · 14 years
The shaped brick on this urgent care came out darker than the field brick around it. The manufacturer that made the brick paid to have every shape stained into range in 2005, photographed again fourteen years later and certified Silver.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 320 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
The brick on this house carried more dark units than the homeowners wanted. The brick manufacturer paid to have almost all of it stained lighter in 1998, photographed again twenty-one years later and certified Platinum.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 321 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
Bands of darker brick ran through a few areas of this two-story house in Sylvania, Ohio. The company that made the brick paid to have them lightened in 1998, photographed again twenty-one years later and certified Platinum.
Residential
Gold
Case 322 · 2003 to 2019 · 16 years
The white brick on this Maumee, Ohio house was a very hard unit with low absorption, and chips and body showed through its texture. The company that made the brick hired a half day of staining on the most obvious spots in 2003, photographed again sixteen years later and certified Gold.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 323 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
The stone on this Ohio home went up without the burgundy the customer had chosen from the range. The distributor who sold it paid to have a small percentage of burgundy added by hand in 1998, photographed again twenty-one years later and certified Platinum.
Commercial
Gold
Case 324 · 2003 to 2019 · 16 years
The buff brick on this two-story office building in Lima, Ohio ran light in places, and the customer wanted those areas blended in. The business had a slight percentage of the light brick darkened in August 2003, photographed again sixteen years later and certified Gold.
Residential
Addition
Platinum
Case 326 · 1995 to 2019 · 24 years
An addition went onto this single-story Ohio brick home and the brick between the new work and the old did not match. The homeowner had the join stained in 1995, and the house was photographed again twenty-four years later and certified Platinum.
Commercial
Makeover
Silver
Case 328 · 2009 to 2019 · 10 years
A large part of the brick on this Ohio animal clinic did not match the rest of the building. The owner had every off-colored unit stained to match in August 2009, on several recipes, photographed again ten years later and certified Silver.
Educational
Addition
Silver
Case 329 · 2010 to 2020 · 10 years
Two fill-in areas on the original school had to match the old wall, and a new addition had to stay visibly new but with its dark brick blended evenly. The school hired both parts in 2010, and the fill-in was photographed again ten years later and certified Silver.
Residential
Addition
Silver
Case 331 · 2008 to 2020 · 12 years
The brick this Kentucky house was built from had been discontinued by the time an addition went on, so the addition went up in a different brick. The homeowner had the new brick stained to match the old in 2008, photographed again twelve years later and certified Silver.
Residential
Platinum
Case 332 · 1999 to 2020 · 21 years
A few of the bricks on this Tennessee house came out of the kiln off color, the worst of them right beside the doorbell. The homeowner had those units stained to match the wall in 1999 rather than cut out and replaced, photographed again twenty-one years later and certified Platinum.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 333 · 1999 to 2020 · 21 years
Light, blotchy brick was scattered across this single story Kentucky house when it was new. The company that made the brick paid to have the light areas darkened in 1999, photographed again twenty-one years later and certified Platinum.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 335 · 1997 to 2020 · 23 years
The homeowners did not like the tan brick on this single-story house and wanted it grey or white. The brick manufacturer paid to have it stained to a greyer tone in 1997, photographed again twenty-three years later and certified Platinum.
Residential
Complaint
Silver
Case 336 · 2007 to 2020 · 13 years
Two lots of brick went onto this house and the run over the garage doors did not match. No more of the first lot could be found, so the company that made the brick paid to have it stained instead of torn out in 2007, photographed again thirteen years later and certified Silver.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 337 · 2005 to 2020 · 15 years
Scattered units on this home's brick wall carried dark spots on their faces, and the homeowners would not accept them. The spots were lightened with stain in 2005 to blend into the brick around them, photographed again in 2020 and certified Gold.
Commercial
Makeover
Silver
Case 338 · 2011 to 2020 · 9 years
This downtown Michigan building was mid-restoration when its brick was blended, old units, replacement units and patched openings in a mess of colors across the wall. Only certain bricks were stained to pull the range together in 2011, photographed again nine years later and certified Silver.
Residential
Complaint
Bronze
Case 339 · 2012 to 2020 · 8 years
Areas of the brick on this two-story house in Saline, Michigan came out too dark against the rest of the wall. The brick manufacturer paid to have the dark units lightened in 2012, photographed again eight years later and certified Bronze.
Residential
Silver
Case 330 · 2009 to 2020 · 11 years
The window sills on this manufactured stone house came out tan, and tan was wrong against the rest of the stone. The brick distributor had all nine of them stained grey in 2009, photographed again eleven years later and certified Silver.
Educational
Makeover
Silver
Case 342 · 2010 to 2020 · 10 years
Nothing was wrong with the brick on this parking garage. The university that owns it wanted a new color scheme, so in 2010 the dark brown brick was stained into a red range, photographed again ten years on and certified Silver.
Worship
Complaint
Platinum
Case 343 · 1996 to 2020 · 24 years
The brick shapes on this church were made in a separate run from the stretchers and came out a different color from the wall around them. The brick manufacturer paid to have them corrected in 1996, photographed again in 2020 and certified Platinum.
Commercial
Addition
Silver
Case 344 · 2007 to 2020 · 13 years
The brick on the original store was discontinued by the time the addition was built, and the closest match ran a lighter orange. All of it was stained toward the original wall in 2007 and certified thirteen years later.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 345 · 2004 to 2020 · 16 years
The brick delivered to this new home did not match the sample board the homeowners had chosen. The company that made the brick paid to have most of it color enhanced in 2004, and it was photographed again sixteen years later.
Residential
Complaint
Silver
Case 346 · 2008 to 2020 · 12 years
Areas of dark brick and dark headers on this Waterford, Pennsylvania house did not match the brick range around them. The company that made the brick hired the dark units lightened in July 2008, photographed again twelve years later and certified Silver.
Residential
Makeover
Silver
Case 347 · 2008 to 2020 · 12 years
Too many dark red brick were showing through the blend on this house. The brick manufacturer paid to have the dark units lightened in 2008, and it was photographed again and certified twelve years later.
Restaurant
Makeover
Gold
Case 348 · 2003 to 2020 · 17 years
The owners of this two-story restaurant wanted a new look and had its light grey brick stained a red in 2003. The file records the stain holding fifteen years before the owners coated the building; photographed again in 2020 and certified Gold.
Residential
Complaint
Silver
Case 352 · 2007 to 2020 · 13 years
The brick in the gable above this garage door came out blotchy red against the rest of the run. The manufacturer who made the brick paid to have the gable color enhanced in 2007, and it was photographed again and certified in 2020.
Residential
Complaint
Bronze
Case 353 · 2012 to 2020 · 8 years
A different lot of brick went into the peak above the garage of this home, and it showed. The brick manufacturer paid to have the peak stained a shade darker in 2012, and it was photographed again and certified in 2020.
Commercial
Complaint
Silver
Case 356 · 2008 to 2020 · 12 years
The brick on the drive-thru wall of this Rite Aid went up with lighter units scattered through it. The brick manufacturer paid to have them darkened in 2008, photographed again twelve years later and certified Silver.
Residential
Restoration
Gold
Case 358 · 2005 to 2020 · 15 years
A cleaning meant to take white run-down from an old set of shutters off this two-story home took the sand coating on the brick with it, and the dark red body showed through. In 2005 the homeowner had the exposed brick lightened back to the pink salmon of the rest of the wall, photographed again and certified Gold fifteen years later.
Healthcare
Complaint
Gold
Case 359 · 2005 to 2021 · 16 years
The buff brick on this hospital arrived with too many light colored units in the range. The manufacturer that made the brick paid to have the light units darkened in 2005, photographed again sixteen years later and certified Gold.
Residential
Makeover
Platinum
Case 360 · 2000 to 2021 · 21 years
The jack arches over the two garage doors of this New Albany house came out lighter and redder than the wall around them. The mason who built it had the arch brick darkened to match in 2000, photographed again twenty-one years later and certified Platinum.
Residential
Addition
Silver
Case 362 · 2008 to 2021 · 13 years
The addition on this Florida house went up in a plain red brick beside the mottled blend of the original walls. The mason who built it had every brick on the addition stained to match in 2008, photographed again in 2021 and certified Silver.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 365 · 1997 to 2021 · 24 years
The brick on the front of this two-story house did not match from one area to the next. The brick manufacturer paid to have the off-color brick marked to resemble the brick around it in 1997, photographed again twenty-four years later and certified Platinum.
Residential
Makeover
Platinum
Case 367 · 1999 to 2021 · 22 years
The homeowner was unhappy with the color range of the brick on this house. In 1999 a portion of the units was lightened and a portion darkened until the range read the way the owner wanted.
Government
Complaint
Gold
Case 368 · 2003 to 2021 · 18 years
The brick on this plant building came out too rangy and the architect rejected it. The manufacturer that made the brick paid to have the range tightened in 2003, photographed again in 2021 and certified Gold.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 369 · 1998 to 2021 · 23 years
Some of the brick on this single-story home came in lighter than the range it was sold as. The brick manufacturer had the light units darkened into the wall in 1998, and the house was photographed again twenty-three years later and certified Platinum.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 370 · 1999 to 2021 · 22 years
A pressure washer, used wrong, took the color out of the brick on this house. The mason who built it hired the correction in 1999, and a wall was photographed again in 2021 and certified Platinum.
Residential
Complaint
Silver
Case 371 · 2010 to 2021 · 11 years
Around 120 brick in this wall came out lighter than the run around them. The manufacturer who made the brick paid to have those units darkened into range in 2010, and the wall was photographed again and certified eleven years later.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 372 · 1998 to 2021 · 23 years
A red dust had gotten onto the face of this white brick home and would not come off. The mason or contractor on the job had the spotted brick stained in 1998, and it was photographed again and certified Platinum twenty-three years later.
Commercial
Repair
Platinum
Case 373 · 2000 to 2021 · 21 years
Windows and a door in this long brick wall had been bricked in, and the closest brick the contractor could find still read as patches. The infill was color enhanced in 2000, and the wall was photographed again in 2021 and certified Platinum.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 374 · 1999 to 2021 · 22 years
Two runs of brick that did not match were laid together on this home. The brick manufacturer paid to have one run color enhanced toward the other, and it was certified Platinum twenty-two years later.
Residential
Case 375 · 2006 to 2021 · 15 years
The peak of this house went up with light brick that did not belong in the color range. The light units were darkened in October 2006, and the same gable was photographed again in 2021, fifteen years on.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 377 · 2000 to 2021 · 21 years
One run of brick in the garage wall of this house went up off color from the rest. The brick manufacturer hired the correction in 2000, and the same corner was photographed again in 2021 and certified Platinum.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 378 · 1996 to 2021 · 25 years
Severe powerwash damage on the new brick of a two-story house, corrected in 1996 for the mason who built it. Photographed again in 2021 and certified Platinum, twenty-five years on.
Complaint
Platinum
Case 379 · 1999 to 2021 · 22 years
The shaped brick at the corners of this Warren building did not match the wall around it. The brick manufacturer paid to have both the inside and outside corners stained to match in 1999, photographed again in 2021 and certified Platinum.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 380 · 1998 to 2021 · 23 years
The pavers on this house entrance came in too light. The company that made the brick paid to have them darkened in 1998, and they were photographed again in 2021 and certified Platinum.
Commercial
Complaint
Platinum
Case 381 · 1999 to 2021 · 22 years
A cleaning spray wand had marked the brick on this single-story building in Romulus. The mason or contractor hired the correction in 1999, and the corner was photographed again in 2021 and certified Platinum.
Educational
Makeover
Silver
Case 382 · 2011 to 2021 · 10 years
A couple of areas of this courtyard went up in the wrong brick. The school had the wrongly laid range lightened in 2011, and the courtyard was photographed again ten years later and certified Silver.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 383 · 1997 to 2021 · 24 years
The brick on this home came out of the kiln duller than the sample range the owner had picked from. The brick manufacturer paid to have the red and flashed units brought up in 1997, and the pier was certified Platinum twenty-four years later.
Residential
Addition
Gold
Case 385 · 2003 to 2021 · 18 years
The brick on the new room did not match the brick on the house it was built against. The homeowner had the addition stained to match in 2003, some units lightened and some darkened, photographed again eighteen years later and certified Gold.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 387 · 1997 to 2021 · 24 years
The homeowners wanted the power washed brick on their new house torn down and replaced. The mason had the damaged areas stained instead, in April 1997. Photographed again in 2021 and certified Platinum, twenty-four years on.
Residential
Makeover
Silver
Case 389 · 2008 to 2021 · 13 years
The owner of this red brick house wanted a more modern white. The brick was stained lighter in 2008, photographed again in 2021 and certified Silver.
Educational
Addition
Silver
Case 390 · 2008 to 2021 · 13 years
Two runs of brick met on this school wing and did not match. The school hired the correction in 2008, brick and mortar both, and the wall was certified Silver in 2021.
Educational
Complaint
Silver
Case 391 · 2007 to 2021 · 14 years
White blotches showed across the brick at this school entrance, and cleaning did not take them out. The school had the spots stained in 2007 to blend them into the wall, and it was photographed again fourteen years later.
Residential
Platinum
Case 394 · 1999 to 2021 · 22 years
A different run of brick got mixed in on this house in Fishers, Indiana. The homeowner had the off color units stained to a closer match in 1999, and the wall was certified Platinum twenty-two years on.
Educational
Complaint
Gold
Case 396 · 2002 to 2021 · 19 years
Two runs of brick that did not match went up on this Indianapolis school. The brick manufacturer paid to have the lighter run darkened into the other in 2002, and the wall was photographed again nineteen years later and certified Gold.
Educational
Complaint
Gold
Case 397 · 2003 to 2021 · 18 years
Off color units in a bark textured tan brick made the walls of this school look blotchy. The brick manufacturer had a portion of them stained for a better blend in 2003, photographed again eighteen years later and certified Gold.
Residential
Addition
Bronze
Case 398 · 2013 to 2021 · 8 years
The original brick of this Shell Rock house could not be found when an addition went on, so the new entry went up in a red brown brick against a cream house. The homeowner had it stained to match in 2013, photographed again eight years later and certified Bronze.
Residential
Complaint
Bronze
Case 399 · 2013 to 2021 · 8 years
Several areas of brick on this house went up off color, and the brick manufacturer paid to have them stained to blend with the rest. Photographed again eight years later and certified Bronze.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 400 · 1998 to 2021 · 23 years
The face brick on this house went up with white patches across it, and the company that made the brick paid to have the splotches stained in 1998. It was photographed again twenty-three years later and certified Platinum.
Commercial
Complaint
Platinum
Case 401 · 1991 to 2021 · 30 years
The brick on this single-story commercial building went up off color, with blotchy areas all over it. The company that made the brick paid to have the majority of the off colored units stained for a better blend in 1991, and it was photographed again and certified Platinum in 2021.
Commercial
Complaint
Gold
Case 402 · 2004 to 2021 · 17 years
The gable end of this building went up in two runs of brick, and the peak did not match the wall under it. The brick manufacturer paid to have the peak stained into range in 2004, and it was photographed again and certified seventeen years later.
Commercial
Complaint
Platinum
Case 403 · 1997 to 2021 · 24 years
A run of off colored brick was laid into one section of this three-story apartment building in Lincoln, Nebraska. The company that made the brick paid to have it stained to blend with the rest in 1997, photographed again twenty-four years later and certified Platinum.
Worship
Complaint
Platinum
Case 404 · 1989 to 2021 · 32 years
Too many dark brick had gone into a pale wall inside this Elmhurst church. The brick manufacturer paid to have the dark units lightened into the range in 1989, photographed again thirty-two years later and certified Platinum.
Residential
Complaint
Silver
Case 386 · 2009 to 2021 · 12 years
The garage wing on this two-story house was laid from a different run of brick than the rest of it. The brick manufacturer paid to have the wing stained to match in 2009, and it was photographed again twelve years later and certified Silver.
Educational
Restoration
Platinum
Case 388 · 2000 to 2021 · 21 years
Door and window openings on this high school had been filled in with a brick that did not match the wall around them. The mason contractor hired the correction in 2000, and the wall was photographed again in 2021 and certified Platinum.
Commercial
Addition
Platinum
Case 015 · 1995 to 2019 · 24 years
Two runs of brick met on one building and did not match, a plain sand molded unit beside a flashed blend. The plain brick was stained to carry the blend across in 1995, and it was photographed again and certified twenty-four years later.
Residential
Repair
Silver
Case 018 · 2010 to 2020 · 10 years
A car struck the corner of this house and the replacement brick did not match the wall. The mason who rebuilt it had the new brick and mortar stained in 2010, and it was certified ten years later.
Educational
Repair
Platinum
Case 039 · 2000 to 2020 · 20 years
A 2000 renovation added 60,000 square feet to this business school, and the bricked-in window and door openings did not match the walls around them. The mason hired the color correction; it was photographed again in 2019 and 2020 and certified Platinum.
Commercial
Complaint
Gold
Case 042 · 2004 to 2021 · 17 years
The 135 degree corner shapes on this bank went up off color against the stretcher brick around them. The brick manufacturer paid to have the shapes stained to match in 2004, photographed again in 2019 and 2021 and certified Gold.
Educational
Restoration
Silver
Case 044 · 2008 to 2019 · 11 years
A restoration left a few corners of this university building in brick that did not match the walls around it. The mason on the job hired the correction in 2008, and the corners were photographed again eleven years later.
Commercial
Complaint
Platinum
Case 047 · 1995 to 2019 · 24 years
The brick on this single-story building went up too light and with too wide a range. The manufacturer who made the brick paid to have the light units darkened in 1995 rather than replaced.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 048 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
The brick on this single-story home in Indiana went up blotchy and uneven. The brick manufacturer paid to have it leveled out in 1998, some units lightened and others darkened, and it was photographed again twenty-one years later and certified Platinum.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 049 · 2003 to 2019 · 16 years
Light colored brick sat scattered across the outside of this house. The brick manufacturer had them darkened in 2003 rather than cut out, and the file certified the work Gold sixteen years later.
Residential
Addition
Platinum
Case 051 · 1997 to 2019 · 22 years
The homeowners expanded this Iowa house and could not find the brick it was built with. All of the new brick on the addition was stained to blend with the existing wall in 1997, and the work was photographed again and certified twenty-two years later.
Educational
Makeover
Platinum
Case 087 · 2000 to 2019 · 19 years
The brick on a university building went up in too wide a color range. The university had it darkened and tightened in 2000, and it was photographed again in 2019.
Educational
Complaint
Platinum
Case 088 · 1997 to 2019 · 22 years
A storm cut power to the brick plant in the middle of the run, and half the brick came out off color. The mason who laid it hired the correction in 1997, and the building was photographed again twenty-two years later.
Commercial
Complaint
Gold
Case 090 · 2002 to 2019 · 17 years
Off-colored brick ran through this apartment building in Indiana. The brick manufacturer paid to have it blended in 2002, some units darkened and some lightened.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 092 · 1999 to 2019 · 20 years
Off-colored brick ran throughout this house when it was new. The brick manufacturer hired the correction: select units were lightened, others darkened, and the rest of the wall left alone.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 101 · 1997 to 2019 · 22 years
The cut and rollback face on some of the brick chipped off and left red patches across the wall. The brick manufacturer paid to have the exposed areas stained to match in 1997, and the house was photographed again twenty-two years later.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 103 · 1997 to 2019 · 22 years
The brick on this house went up blotchy and uneven, with dark clusters where the blend was poor. The brick manufacturer paid to have it corrected in 1997, and it was certified Platinum twenty-two years later.
Healthcare
Complaint
Platinum
Case 119 · 2001 to 2019 · 18 years
The rounded brick piers on this hospital were laid lighter than the face brick around them. The brick manufacturer paid to have the side facing the highway corrected in 2001, and it was photographed again in 2014 and 2019.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 120 · 1998 to 2020 · 22 years
A power washer took the coating off some of the brick on this new house in Dayton, Ohio. The mason who built it had the damaged brick color corrected in 1998, and the file was signed and certified Platinum in 2020.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 128 · 1997 to 2019 · 22 years
Oversized handmade brick went up on this house with dark, blotchy units scattered through every wall. The company that made the brick hired the correction in July 1997; the house was photographed again twenty-two years later and certified Platinum.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 134 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
The brick on this two-story house went up off color, the bottom half darker than the top. The brick manufacturer hired the correction in 1998, and it was photographed again twenty-one years later and certified Platinum.
Worship
Makeover
Platinum
Case 069 · 2001 to 2019 · 18 years
Nothing was wrong with this church's buff brick. The congregation wanted a different building, so every brick on it was stained in 2001 to a red the church chose for itself, and it was photographed again eighteen years later.
Educational
Complaint
Platinum
Case 085 · 2002 to 2019 · 17 years
A few areas of brick on this high school went up too light. The company that made the brick hired the correction in 2002, and the wall was photographed again seventeen years later.
Government
Makeover
Silver
Case 105 · 2011 to 2021 · 10 years
Restoration work had left this community center with off color brick on every wall. The mason who did the work had the walls stained in 2011 so they would blend together.
Educational
Addition
Platinum
Case 109 · 2001 to 2019 · 18 years
A Michigan middle school built a new wing and could not find a brick to match the original. The brick distributor found a unit close in texture and size and had its color stained to match.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 146 · 2005 to 2019 · 14 years
The brick on this two-story house went up blotchy, with light units scattered through the walls. The brick manufacturer paid to have the light brick darkened to the rest, and it was photographed again in 2019.
Residential
Makeover
Platinum
Case 406 · 1998 to 2021 · 23 years
The mortar on this house went in too dark for its pale brick. The brick distributor had every joint lightened in 1998, photographed again twenty-three years later and certified Platinum.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 407 · 2000 to 2021 · 21 years
Brick went up off color in different areas of this two-story house, and the brick manufacturer hired the correction in 2000. Photographed again twenty-one years later and certified Platinum, the top of the scale.
Educational
Gold
Case 408 · 2002 to 2021 · 19 years
A design change put new bark textured brick beside the existing wall of this one-story building, and the new brick did not match. The mason who laid it had all of it stained to the existing color in 2002, and it was certified Gold nineteen years later.
Residential
Complaint
Silver
Case 409 · 2008 to 2021 · 13 years
Two different brick were shipped to this house by mistake and the homeowner rejected the wall. The brick manufacturer had the wrong brick stained to match the right one in 2008, photographed again thirteen years later and certified Silver.
Educational
Complaint
Platinum
Case 025 · 2002 to 2019 · 17 years
A new elevator shaft went up against an older school with a percentage of dark brick that did not belong. The brick manufacturer paid to have every dark unit lightened in 2002, and the shaft was photographed again seventeen years later.
Educational
Complaint
Platinum
Case 032 · 2002 to 2019 · 17 years
A cleaning contractor took some of the surface color off the sandmold brick on the columns of a university building. The mason had the exposed brick stained back to salmon in 2002, and it was photographed again seventeen years later.
Commercial
Makeover
Platinum
Case 081 · 2000 to 2019 · 19 years
The mortar on the back of this commercial building came out too light for its dark brown brick. The mason who laid it had the joints darkened in 2000, and the file was signed off at Platinum in 2020.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 138 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
The brick on this single-story house went up off color from one end to the other. The brick manufacturer paid to have it corrected in 1998, and it was photographed again twenty-one years later.
Commercial
Complaint
Platinum
Case 141 · 1999 to 2019 · 20 years
The header brick beside the expansion joints on this three-story office went up off color and read as light zippers running up the wall. The brick manufacturer hired the correction in 1999, and the building was photographed again twenty years later and certified Platinum.
Commercial
Makeover
Platinum
Case 080 · 1994 to 2019 · 25 years
The curved corners of this office are laid in radial shape brick that came out redder than the face brick, and every shape was color corrected in 1994. Photographed again in 2019 and certified Platinum at twenty-five years.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 139 · 2003 to 2019 · 16 years
The brick on this new two-story house went up off color and blotchy, and it did not match the sample. The brick manufacturer paid to have the whole house blended rather than rebuilt, and it was certified Gold sixteen years later.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 140 · 2000 to 2019 · 19 years
A power washer took the coating off part of the brick on this house and left those areas noticeably off color. The damaged units were color corrected in 2000 and the house was photographed again nineteen years later.
Residential
Makeover
Silver
Case 151 · 2011 to 2019 · 8 years
The homeowners called their white brick home outdated and wanted a new look. Every brick on the house was stained to a salmon color in 2011 and photographed again eight years later.
Restaurant
Complaint
Platinum
Case 145 · 2001 to 2019 · 18 years
The brick on this restaurant went up off color across the whole exterior. The company that made the brick paid to have the off color units and the mortar stained rather than replaced.
Residential
Makeover
Silver
Case 166 · 2003 to 2019 · 16 years
This two-story house went up in yellow brick, and the homeowners wanted a different color without coating it. Every brick was stained to a salmon color in 2003 and photographed again sixteen years later.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 180 · 1997 to 2019 · 22 years
The brick on this two-story house came out blotchy, light patches against dark ones across every wall. The brick manufacturer paid to have the blend balanced in 1997, and it was photographed again twenty-two years later.
Worship
Addition
Gold
Case 156 · 2004 to 2019 · 15 years
This church added a second story, and even the closest brick available did not match the building below it. The addition was stained in 2004, along with some of the entrances, and certified Gold fifteen years later.
Residential
Complaint
Silver
Case 172 · 2007 to 2019 · 12 years
The brick on this new house went up patchy, with areas that read too dark or too light against the rest. The brick manufacturer paid to have the off-color units lightened and darkened into the field, and it was photographed again twelve years later.
Residential
Complaint
Silver
Case 176 · 2007 to 2019 · 12 years
The owners of this new house disliked the color of its brick so much that they wanted it torn down and relaid. Instead the blend was balanced across most of the house in 2007, photographed again twelve years later and certified Silver.
Residential
Complaint
Silver
Case 177 · 2012 to 2019 · 7 years
The manufactured stone on this Michigan home went up in stronger colors than the sample the homeowners had approved. The manufacturer paid to have most of it stained to a subtler blend, and it was photographed again seven years later.
Educational
Complaint
Platinum
Case 194 · 1998 to 2019 · 21 years
The corner shapes and the radial brick on this university building came in outside the range of the field brick, so the wall read as zippered. The brick manufacturer hired the correction in 1998, and the building was photographed again twenty-one years later.
Commercial
Restoration
Silver
Case 202 · 2012 to 2019 · 7 years
A large renovation added a new area to this campus inn, and the file records that the original suffered by comparison. The mortar was stained first to match, then each brick to its own recipe.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 205 · 2002 to 2019 · 17 years
Brick on this restored Michigan home did not match, pink, tan and grey units scattered through the red and a side wall reading a different range again. The mason who carried out the restoration hired the correction in 2002, and the house was photographed again seventeen years later and certified Platinum.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 184 · 2000 to 2019 · 19 years
Several areas of brick on this Arcanum house came out blotchy, some panels pale and some several shades redder. The brick manufacturer hired the correction.
Commercial
Addition
Gold
Case 198 · 2002 to 2019 · 17 years
The store added on to its building and the brick for the addition came from a different run, too dark for the wall it joined. The brick distributor paid to have it corrected.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 227 · 2002 to 2019 · 17 years
The brick on this house arrived with off-colored units inside the delivered range, and they read as pale patches across the walkout wall. The brick manufacturer hired the correction in 2002.
Residential
Complaint
Silver
Case 179 · 2010 to 2020 · 10 years
The headers on this brick went up a different color from the face, so every corner and every window return read orange. The brick manufacturer paid to have the headers lightened in 2010, and the house was photographed again ten years later.
Commercial
Complaint
Platinum
Case 206 · 2002 to 2019 · 17 years
Older brick on this block was too dirty to clean without damage, and the new brick beside it did not match. The mason who ran the restoration hired the correction in 2002, and the building was photographed again seventeen years later.
Commercial
Complaint
Platinum
Case 212 · 2002 to 2019 · 17 years
The shaped units at the corners of this Michigan building went up lighter than the brick on either side of them. The company that made the brick hired the correction in 2002.
Educational
Platinum
Case 216 · 2002 to 2019 · 17 years
The color and the texture were off on some of the brick at this Michigan school. A business hired the correction in 2002 and the areas in question were color enhanced.
Worship
Complaint
Platinum
Case 264 · 2000 to 2019 · 19 years
One area in the middle of the wall was the whole job. The mason or contractor hired the correction, and the file records half a day on site in 2000.
Educational
Addition
Gold
Case 266 · 2006 to 2019 · 13 years
An old addition stood against the main building in a different brick, and it showed. The university hired the color change in 2006, and the addition was photographed again thirteen years later and certified Gold.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 252 · 2002 to 2019 · 17 years
The brick in the gable peak of this house went up with units outside the range around them. The company that made the brick hired the correction, and it was photographed again seventeen years later and certified then.
Residential
Repair
Platinum
Case 256 · 1999 to 2019 · 20 years
A power washer took the face off the brick on this Ohio house. The homeowners hired the correction in 1999, and the same gable end was photographed again twenty years later and certified Platinum.
Commercial
Complaint
Platinum
Case 282 · 2002 to 2019 · 17 years
Light colored brick went up all over this building and did not match the rest of the wall, and the owners rejected it. The brick manufacturer paid for the light brick to be stained into range in 2002 rather than see the wall torn down.
Residential
Addition
Gold
Case 310 · 2008 to 2019 · 11 years
The homeowners built an addition and wanted the new brick to match the house. The file records several custom recipes developed for the wall and one hundred percent of the brick stained.
Commercial
Complaint
Silver
Case 325 · 2003 to 2019 · 16 years
Runs of off-colored brick were installed on this bank. The brick manufacturer paid to have them blended rather than torn out.
Residential
Makeover
Silver
Case 334 · 2010 to 2019 · 9 years
The brick on this house was never the problem. The mortar was too light for the homeowners liking, so the joints alone were stained darker and the brick was left as it was laid.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 301 · 2007 to 2019 · 12 years
The brick on this house was blotchy and too dark in places, and the owners wanted salmon rather than dark red. The company that made the brick paid to level the walls in 2007, and the house was photographed again twelve years later.
Residential
Makeover
Platinum
Case 289 · 1997 to 2019 · 22 years
Red brick, white brick and pale stucco all met on the same elevation of this new house. The homeowners wanted a quieter blend than the one it was built with, and all of the brick was stained in 1997.
Residential
Platinum
Case 290 · 2002 to 2019 · 17 years
A power washer took the color out of part of the brick on this house. The mason who had laid the wall hired the correction in 2002, and it was photographed again seventeen years later and certified Platinum.
Educational
Complaint
Silver
Case 357 · 2011 to 2021 · 10 years
Split face block went up off color across the walls of a brand new high school. The block manufacturer hired the correction rather than have the units torn out.
Commercial
Repair
Platinum
Case 354 · 2002 to 2019 · 17 years
A panel of fill-in brick on the front wall did not match the wall around it. The mason hired the color correction rather than rebuild, and the wall was photographed again seventeen years later.
Commercial
Complaint
Gold
Case 340 · 2004 to 2021 · 17 years
Areas of discolored brick ran through this Tennessee apartment block. The company that made the brick paid for the correction rather than a tear out.
Residential
Complaint
Silver
Case 349 · 2008 to 2020 · 12 years
The white coating on this brick sat heavier on some walls than others, and the dark red body read straight through where it was thin. The brick manufacturer hired the correction, not the homeowner.
Commercial
Complaint
Silver
Case 350 · 2008 to 2021 · 13 years
The rounded corner shapes on this West Virginia retail building went up off color against the field brick. The brick manufacturer paid to have them corrected rather than replaced.
Residential
Makeover
Platinum
Case 355 · 2002 to 2019 · 17 years
A few brick on this house were cut before they went into the wall, and the red body under the light coated face was reading through. The mason who laid the wall hired the correction, and the same window was photographed again seventeen years later.
Residential
Addition
Gold
Case 351 · 2006 to 2021 · 15 years
Homeowners were expanding this house and the stone it was built from was no longer available. A pattern close in size went up on the addition and was stained a range of colors to match the existing walls.
Residential
Addition
Gold
Case 361 · 2003 to 2019 · 16 years
The homeowners built an addition and the brick the house was built from was no longer available. The file records the brown addition stained to the white of the rest of the home.
Residential
Makeover
Gold
Case 393 · 2007 to 2021 · 14 years
The manufactured stone on this Michigan lake house was laid in a flat pale grey that did not match the fireplace inside. The mason who built it hired the color change, and the stone was photographed again fourteen years later.
Commercial
Addition
Silver
Case 395 · 2003 to 2021 · 18 years
A second story went onto this bank in a brick that did not match the wall under it. The mason who built the addition hired the correction, and the original brick was stained to the new work in 2003.
Residential
Complaint
Silver
Case 311 · 2007 to 2019 · 12 years
A few light units went up scattered through the brick on this Lynchburg home. The brick manufacturer paid to bring them into range rather than pull them out of the wall.
Healthcare
Addition
Bronze
Case 413 · 2014 to 2021 · 7 years
The large brick area above the main entrance did not match the rest of the elevation. The university that owns the hospital hired the correction rather than rebuild the wall, and it was photographed again seven years later and certified then.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 363 · 1999 to 2021 · 22 years
A few of the sand molded brick delivered to this new house came off the correct range of color. The brick manufacturer hired the correction, and the house was photographed again twenty-two years later.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 410 · 2002 to 2021 · 19 years
A power washer had taken the color out of areas of the brick on this house. The mason who laid the wall hired the correction, and it was photographed again nineteen years later and certified then.
Residential
Complaint
Silver
Case 384 · 2007 to 2021 · 14 years
Miscolored brick ran through this house while it was still being built. The company that made the brick paid to have it corrected rather than have the wall torn out.
Residential
Addition
Bronze
Case 418 · 2015 to 2022 · 7 years
A new brick stair went on the front of this Tennessee house and did not match the brick already there. The company that made the brick paid to bring the new work into range.
Commercial
Complaint
Silver
Case 366 · 2009 to 2021 · 12 years
The manufactured stone on this apartment building went up with too many light units in the range, and the building owner rejected the work. The stone manufacturer hired the correction in 2009, and the walls were photographed again twelve years later and certified Silver.
Residential
Complaint
Silver
Case 376 · 2007 to 2021 · 14 years
Two runs of brick went up on this new house and the brickwork was rejected. The company that made the brick paid to bring the off colored run into the field, not the family who had just bought the house.
Residential
Complaint
Platinum
Case 412 · 1997 to 2021 · 24 years
Powerwash damage ran through the brick on this house, and the mason or contractor hired the correction rather than the homeowner. The damaged areas were color enhanced in 1997, and the house was photographed again and certified twenty four years later.
Residential
Repair
Platinum
Case 414 · 1997 to 2021 · 24 years
A power washer took the face off one long wall of this Ohio home and left the brick beside it untouched. The file records a repair: stain the damaged brick back to the brick that was never hit.
Residential
Complaint
Gold
Case 341 · 2003 to 2020 · 17 years
A few light areas on this two-story house in Saline stood out against the rest of the brick. The brick manufacturer paid to have them darkened in 2003, photographed again seventeen years later and certified Gold.
Commercial
Complaint
Platinum
Case 392 · 2002 to 2021 · 19 years
A repair over the garage doors of this apartment row went in off color. The file records brick and mortar both stained in 2002 to close the match, and the same wall photographed again in 2019 and in 2021.