The front of the Mason home in 2019, its brick an even red range across the garage gable and the entry
Case File 190

Darkening Light Patches on a Mason, Ohio Colonial

The brick on the front of this two-story house came out with light, patchy areas in it. Mineral stain was used to darken them in 1999. The house was photographed again twenty years later and certified then.

Case No. 190
Structure Two-story home
Location Mason, Ohio
Stained September 1999
Re-photographed 2019
Elapsed 20 years, Platinum level

1999

  1. An upper corner of the house in 1999, brick running to a white soffit beside a sided return, the units reading unevenly light in places against a dark shutter Before, 1999 View this photo larger
  2. An upper wall of the house after staining in 1999, a white-trimmed window between dark shutters with the brick reading as one even red range After, 1999 View this photo larger

What was wrong

Nothing had failed and nothing was dirty. The brick had simply gone up uneven, and the file says where: there were light, patchy areas on the front of the house.

The form marks the brick manufacturer as the hirer. The storyline on the same sheet names the homeowners, so the file records both.

What was done

Mineral stain, brushed on to bring the pale units down into the range of the brick around them. The file puts it in nine words: we used our stain to darken the light areas.

2019, twenty years on

  1. The front of the two-story brick home in 2019, gable-end garage beside a pedimented entry, the brick an even red range from the ground to the eaves 20 Years After View this photo larger

What twenty years prove

Twenty years on the brick across the front still reads as one range, with no pale patches in it. On the certification scale that is Platinum, which covers twenty years and over. As of 2026 the work is twenty-seven 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 190, 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 190, filled in and signed View the signed form full size
Project name
Serpitine Mason (1999). Spelled that way on the form, which names no state on this line.
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
"There were light, patchy areas on the front of the house."
What was corrected
"We used our stain to darken the light areas."
Storyline
"The homeowners hired us to fix a few light spots on the front of their house and we were able to help them. After 20 years the brick still looks great."
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2019
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