The front of the house in 2019, brick running from the garage gable past the covered entrance to a gabled wing
Case File 311

Darkening Light Brick Into Range on a Lynchburg Home

A few light units went up scattered through the brick on this Lynchburg home. The brick manufacturer paid to bring them into range rather than pull them out of the wall. The house was photographed again twelve years later and certified then.

Case No. 311
Structure Single-family brick home
Location Lynchburg, Ohio
Stained June 2007
Re-photographed October 2019
Elapsed 12 years, Silver level

2007

  1. The covered entrance wall in 2007, pale cream units scattered through a range of pink and tan brick beside a stone door surround Before, 2007 View this photo larger
  2. The side elevation in 2007 with an extension ladder rigged against it, light units still showing in the brick above a walkout lower level and freshly strawed ground During, 2007 View this photo larger

What was wrong

A few units came out lighter than the rest and went up scattered across the elevations. Nothing had failed. The range was simply wider than it should have been, and pale brick reads from the driveway. The brick manufacturer paid for the correction, which is who the file names as the customer.

What was done

Mineral stain, brushed in by hand, darkening the light units until they sat inside the range around them. Only the brick that was wrong was touched. The file also records what did not follow: no sealer. The wall takes rain the way the untreated brick beside it does.

2019, twelve years on

  1. The front of the house in 2019, brick running from the garage gable past the covered entrance to a gabled wing with an arched window 2019 View this photo larger
  2. The same covered entrance wall in 2019, one even range of pink and tan brick running to the stone door surround, with the certification stamp in the corner After, 2019 View this photo larger
  3. The garage bay in 2019, brick above and either side of the door reading as one range between two carriage lamps 2019 View this photo larger
  4. The garage gable in 2019 seen square on, brick courses running up to an octagonal vent at the peak with no light units breaking the range 2019 View this photo larger

What twelve years prove

Same entrance wall, same courses, one range across it. On the certification scale that is Silver, which covers ten years and over. As of 2026 the work is nineteen years old, and the 2019 certification 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 311, 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 311, filled in and signed View the signed form full size
Project name
Lynchburg, OH Residence (2007)
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
"There were a few light colored brick that did not belong in the range."
What was corrected
"We darkened the light brick to blend in the wall."
Storyline
"We differ from our competition because they have to seal the brick after staining, we don't. A Proven Masonry Stain can change the color of these brick and they will still look natural and can get wet just like the unstained brick."
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2019
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