The front of the house in Brecksville in 2021, the gable and both stories reading as one blended range of tan and brown brick
Case File 365

Adding Black and White Markings to Brecksville Brick

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. It was photographed again twenty-four years later and certified then.

Case No. 365
Structure Two-story house
Location Brecksville, Ohio
Stained 1997
Re-photographed February 2021
Elapsed 24 years, Platinum level

1997

  1. The front gable of the house in 1997 before the correction, blended tan and orange brick around an arched window, with patches of paler brick standing out near the peak of the gable and beside the entry arch Before, 1997 View this photo larger
  2. The front of the house in 1997 after the markings were added, the brick reading as one blended range from the gable down past the entry to the garage wing After, 1997 View this photo larger

What was wrong

Mismatched brick in different areas on the front of the house, in the file's words. The gable and the wall around the entry read as a different lot from the rest of the front. Nothing had failed. The brick manufacturer, not the homeowner, hired the correction.

What was done

Black and white enhancements or markings, the file's own phrase, added to the off-color brick so it would resemble the surrounding brick. Not a color change across the wall: the correction went onto the units that were off, and the rest of the front was left as laid.

2021, twenty-four years on

  1. The front of the house in 2021, tan and brown blended brick across the gable and both stories, bare shrubs by the entry and the certification stamp in the corner After, 2021 View this photo larger

What twenty-four years prove

Same front, same gable, one range across the brick in 2021. On the certification scale that is Platinum, which covers twenty years and over. The file signs it in 2021, and as of 2026 the work is twenty-nine years old.

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 365, 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 365, filled in and signed View the signed form full size
Project name
Brecksville (1997)
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
"Mismatched brick in different areas on the front of the house."
What was corrected
"Added black and white enhancements or markings."
Storyline
"23 years ago we added black and white markings to off colored brick in order to resemble the surrounding brick. It still looks great today."
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2021
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