The front of the Fraser, Michigan home in 2021, its buff brick reading as one range across the entry piers and the walls either side
Case File 369

Darkening Light Brick Into the Wall on a Fraser Home

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 rather than replaced. The house was photographed again twenty-three years later and certified Platinum.

Case No. 369
Structure Single-story home
Location Fraser, Michigan
Stained 1998
Re-photographed 2021
Elapsed 23 years, Platinum level

1998

  1. The front of the single-story Fraser home in 1998 from the driveway, bare dirt in front of it, the buff brick showing lighter units mixed through the range Before, 1998 View this photo larger
  2. The entry of the Fraser home in 1998, an arched window under a round gable vent beside the arched porch, the pale brick showing scattered lighter units Before, 1998 View this photo larger

What was wrong

The file records one issue: light brick should not have been in the range of color. Units paler than the blend the wall was sold as were laid in with the rest, and on a new house on a bare lot they read as scattered pale patches. The brick manufacturer hired the correction, not the homeowner.

What was done

In the file's words, darkened the light brick to blend into the wall. Mineral stain on the light units, brought to the range of the brick around them.

2021, twenty-three years on

  1. The front of the Fraser home in 2021 with snow on the ground, the entry piers, gable and side wall one buff range, with the certification stamp in the corner After, 2021 View this photo larger

What twenty-three years prove

One range across the entry piers, the gable and the wall beside the garage, in winter light. On the certification scale that is Platinum, twenty years and over. The 1998 prints carry a camera date of May 1998 and the revisit frame is captioned 2021, which is the twenty-three years the file counts.

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 369, 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 369, filled in and signed View the signed form full size
Project name
Fraser MI (2009)
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
"Light brick should not have been in the range of color."
What was corrected
"Darkened the light brick to blend into the wall."
Storyline
"23 years later the stained brick still look great!"
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2020
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