The gable end of the Leonard house in 2021, blended tan and red brick reading as one range around the window
Case File 375

Darkening Light Brick in a Leonard Michigan Gable Peak

The peak of this house went up with light brick that did not belong in the color range. The light units were darkened in October 2006 to blend into the wall around them. The same gable was photographed again in 2021, fifteen years on.

Case No. 375
Structure House, one gable end
Location Leonard, Michigan
Stained October 2006
Re-photographed 2021
Elapsed 15 years

2006

  1. The gable end of the house on 5 October 2006 before staining, red and tan blended brick under a cream fascia with a round louvered vent in the peak and one window below it Before, 2006 View this photo larger
  2. The same gable end on 6 October 2006 after the light brick was darkened, an extension ladder leaning against the wall beside the window under a clear sky After, 2006 View this photo larger

What was wrong

The peak of the house, in the file's words, had a light brick that did not belong in the color range. Nothing had failed. The blend was wrong in one place, and a gable end is the wall a street sees whole.

What was done

The light units were darkened with stain until they sat inside the range of the wall around them. The file records it in one line: we darkened the light brick. The before frame is dated 5 October 2006 and the after frame the next day.

2021, fifteen years on

  1. The gable end of the house in 2021 with snow on the shrubs in front of it, the blended brick reading as one range from the window up to the vent in the peak, with the certification stamp in the corner After, 2021 View this photo larger

What fifteen years prove

Same gable, same vent, shot in winter with snow on the shrubs. The darkened units have not separated from the wall around them. The revisit carries the certification stamp, and the level line on the form was left blank; on the certification scale fifteen years meets the Gold threshold. As of 2026 the work is twenty years old, and the 2021 revisit is the most recent record on it.

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 375, 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 375, filled in and signed View the signed form full size
Project name
Leonard Peak Repair MI (2006)
Level
Not marked on the form. 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
Not marked on the form
Reason for project
Not marked on the form
Issue
"Peak of the house had a light brick that did not belong in the color range."
What was corrected
"We darkened the light brick."
Storyline
"We darkened the lighter brick to better blend in the wall. Still looks great!"
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2020
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