The side wall of the Fishers house in 2021, red and tan brick reading as one range from the downspout to the arched window
Case File 394

Staining a Mixed Run of Brick on a Fishers House

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. The wall was photographed again in 2021, twenty-two years on, and certified Platinum, the top of the scale.

Case No. 394
Structure House
Location Fishers, Indiana
Stained July 1999
Re-photographed 2021
Elapsed 22 years, Platinum level

1999

  1. The side wall of the house in 1999, red brick above and a band of paler, pinker brick through the lower courses, beside an arched window with white trim and a dentil cornice Before, 1999 View this photo larger
  2. The entrance side of the house in 1999 under a grey shingle roof, the side wall and the window bay reading as one range of red and tan brick, with a 7 9 '99 camera date in the corner After, 1999 View this photo larger

What was wrong

Two runs of brick on one wall. The file puts it in a single line: a different run of brick got mixed in on the house. In the 1999 frame the lower courses of the side wall read paler and pinker than the red above them.

What was done

The off color brick was stained for a closer match, in the file's own words. Mineral stain, brushed into the individual units, so only the wrong run moved and the rest of the wall was left as laid.

2021, twenty-two years on

  1. The same side wall in 2021, one range of red and tan brick from the downspout to the arched window, with bare shrubs and snow on the beds, a bench, and the certification stamp in the corner After, 2021 View this photo larger

What twenty-two years prove

The same wall in 2021, one range from the downspout to the arched window. On the certification scale that is Platinum, which starts at twenty years. The storyline on the form is six words: looks great all these years later.

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 394, 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 394, filled in and signed View the signed form full size
Project name
Fishers IN (1999)
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 homeowner
Reason for project
Other. The three named boxes, complaint or problem, addition or makeover, and color change, are all left unmarked.
Issue
"A different run of brick got mixed in on the house."
What was corrected
"We stained the off colored brick for a closer maatch." The spelling is the form's.
Storyline
"Looks great all these years later!"
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2021
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