The side wall of the house in 2019, its brick reading as one even tan range beneath brown board and batten gable siding
Case File 213

Blending Two Mismatched Brick Runs on Limestone Court

Two runs of brick went into this house and they did not match, in color or in texture. The company that made the brick paid to have them blended rather than torn out. It was photographed again fourteen years later and certified then.

Case No. 213
Structure Single-family home
Location Limestone Court
Stained May 2005
Re-photographed 2019
Elapsed 14 years, Silver level

2005

  1. The gable end of the house in 2005, a ladder leaning against the brick and small orange marks dotted across the wall During, 2005 View this photo larger
  2. The same gable end later in 2005, the ladder gone and the brick carrying one buff and tan range from the corner to the far edge of the frame After, 2005 View this photo larger

What was wrong

The brick arrived in two runs and the two did not agree. The file records a texture difference between them as well, so the wall read as two walls. The company that made the brick paid for the correction, not the owner.

What was done

Mineral stain, brushed on by hand. The file describes it in one line: the brick was stained by lightening and darkening it. Not one color laid over everything, but the two runs brought toward each other until the wall reads as a single range.

2019, fourteen years on

  1. The long side wall of the house in 2019, a single window and a glass block basement window set in brick that carries one even tan and cream range, with the Brickman certified stamp in the corner of the frame 14 Years After View this photo larger

What fourteen years prove

Photographed again in 2019 and certified then. Fourteen years is Silver on the certification scale, which covers ten years and over. The file is candid about where the job stopped: the homeowner did not want enhancements added for an even closer match. As of 2026 the work is twenty-one years old.

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 213, 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 213, filled in and signed View the signed form full size
Project name
Limestone Ct. Residence (2005)
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 brick manufacturer
Reason for project
Complaint or problem
Issue
"Two different runs of brick were installed into the home. There was also a texture difference between the two runs."
What was corrected
"We stained the brick by lightening and darkening the brick."
Storyline
"We were hired to get a closer match and blend the two runs of brick together. The homeowner did not want any enhancements added for an even closer match but overall the job is still looking great."
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2019
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