The long side wall of the Elyria restaurant in 2020, its brick under one grey tan finish with a darker band at the base
Case File 348

Taking an Elyria Restaurant From Light Grey to Red

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, until the owners chose a new color again and coated the whole building. Photographed again in 2020 and certified Gold.

Case No. 348
Structure Two-story restaurant
Location Elyria, Ohio
Stained 2003
Re-photographed 2020
Elapsed 17 years, Gold level

2003

  1. The light grey brick side wall of the restaurant in 2003 on the day staining began, an applicator brushing the wall beside a steel door while the front corner beyond him has already turned red Before, 2003 View this photo larger
  2. The same side wall of the restaurant in 2003 after staining, the tall elevation and the lower wing beside it in one red brick under a blue sky, a steel door at the base After, 2003 View this photo larger

What was wanted

Nothing was wrong with the brick. The file's own line is that a new look was wanted for the restaurant, and the business hired the work itself. On the certification form that is a makeover, not a complaint.

What was done

A total makeover, in the file's words, from light grey to a red. Mineral stain, worked in by hand across the whole elevation. The first 2003 frame catches the day the work began, with the front corner already turned; the second is the same wall finished.

2020, seventeen years on

  1. The side wall of the restaurant in 2020, the brick now under one grey tan finish with a darker band at the base, evergreen shrubs along the wall and the road in front 2020 View this photo larger

What the file records

The stain held fifteen years, holding up perfectly in the file's words, until the owners wanted a new color again and put an opaque coating over the brick. That is what the 2020 frame shows. The job stayed on a watch list to follow how a coated wall holds up, and the stain was certified Gold, the level for fifteen years and over.

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 348, 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 348, filled in and signed View the signed form full size
Project name
Elyria OH Painted (2003)
Level
Gold. 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
A business or corporation
Reason for project
Addition or makeover
Issue
"A new look was wanted for the restaurant."
What was corrected
"We did a total makeover from light grey to a red."
Storyline
"This was a project two stories tall and lasted for 15 years, the staining holding up perfectly until the owners decided to paint the building. We've put the job on a personal watch list of ours, to keep an eye on painted projects to see how they will hold up into the future."
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2020
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