The front of the Aurora house in 2021, tan brick around an arched entry beside the garage, one range across the wall
Case File 407

Blending Off Color Brick on a Two Story Aurora House

Brick went up off color in different areas of this two-story house. The brick manufacturer, not the homeowner, hired the correction in 2000. Photographed again twenty-one years later and certified Platinum, the top of the scale.

Case No. 407
Structure Two-story house
Location Aurora, Illinois
Stained July 2000
Re-photographed 2021
Elapsed 21 years, Platinum level

2000

  1. The front of the two-story house in 2000 under an overcast sky, grey brick with lighter and darker units scattered across the upper wall, dark shutters at three windows and an arched entry below Before, 2000 View this photo larger
  2. An applicator in a blue shirt on an extension ladder set inside the arched entry in July 2000, grey brick above him with the camera date burned into the corner During, 2000 View this photo larger

What was wrong

The form's issue line is one sentence: off colored brick in different areas on the house. Nothing had failed; some units had gone in out of range with the rest. The brick manufacturer hired the correction, not the homeowner.

What was done

Mineral stain, brushed on by hand, on the off color units only. The form's words: stained the off colored brick to both match and blend with the correct brick.

2021, twenty-one years on

  1. The entry of the house in 2021, tan brick around the arched front door with a lantern each side, the garage door beside it, and the certification stamp in the corner After, 2021 View this photo larger

What twenty-one years prove

One range across the front wall, the entry arch and the garage return. On the certification scale that is Platinum, which starts at twenty years. The 2000 frames are scanned film prints and the 2021 frame is digital, so the two eras read differently as photographs.

The signed file

Every certified job gets the same form, signed on the day someone goes back to the building. This is the one for case 407, transcribed beside the scan so it can be read on a phone and by a search engine.

Scan of the case study form for case 407, filled in and signed View the signed form full size
Project name
Aurora IL (2000)
Level
Platinum. The scale runs Bronze at seven to nine years, Silver at ten and over, Gold at fifteen and over, Platinum at twenty and over.
Hired by
The brick manufacturer
Reason for project
Complaint or problem
Issue
"Off colored brick in different areas on the house."
What was corrected
"Stained the off colored brick to both match and blend with the correct brick."
Storyline
"The homeowners still live there, and is very happy with the job we did! The house still looks great over 20 years later."
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2021
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