The French door entrance of the Hickory Corners house in 2021, white brick between green shutters with light snow on the boxwoods
Case File 389

A Red Brick House in Hickory Corners Taken to White

The owner of this red brick house wanted a more modern white. Nothing had failed; it was a makeover. The brick was stained lighter in 2008, photographed again in 2021 and certified Silver.

Case No. 389
Structure Two-story house
Location Hickory Corners, Michigan
Stained 2008
Re-photographed 2021
Elapsed 13 years, Silver level

2008

  1. A corner of the house before staining, tumbled pink and red brick with pale flecks around a divided-light window between green shutters, a downspout at the corner and boxwoods below Before, 2008 View this photo larger
  2. The same shuttered window after staining, the brick now white, with a gabled brick wing and a glass conservatory beyond it across a stone patio After View this photo larger

What was wrong

Nothing. The brick was sound and the range was even. The file's reason for the project is a makeover: the homeowner wanted a new look, and the look they wanted was white. The homeowner hired it.

What was done

The file records it in one line: the brick was stained to be a lighter color. Going lighter over a red body is the direction that shows first if a finish fails, because any wear lets the red back through. The stain here is mineral, not a coating, so there is no film to wear. How that works on a whole house is on the residential page.

2021, thirteen years on

  1. The French door entrance in 2021, white brick between green shutters under a white clapboard upper floor, snow on the boxwoods and the step, with the certification stamp in the corner After, 2021 View this photo larger

What thirteen years prove

The 2021 frame was taken in snow, with the certification stamp on it. The brick reads the same white it did the year it was stained, and the file puts it in one line: over 13 years later, it still looks great. On the certification scale that is Silver, which covers ten 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 389, 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 389, filled in and signed View the signed form full size
Project name
Hickory Corners MI (2008)
Level
Silver. 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
Addition or makeover
Issue
"The homeowner wanted a makeover to give their home a new look."
What was corrected
"We stained the brick to be a lighter color."
Storyline
"The homeowner wanted to update the look of their red brick house to a more modern white. Over 13 years later, it still looks great!"
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2020
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