The front gable of the Mason house in 2019, its blended brick running across the wall under an arched window
Case File 086

Correcting a Mixed Brick Run on a Mason Michigan Home

A different run of brick got mixed into this home. The company that made the brick paid to have the off-color units corrected in 2003, the area by the front door most of all. It was photographed again sixteen years later and certified then.

Case No. 086
Structure Single-story brick home
Location Mason, Michigan
Stained June 2003
Re-photographed 2019
Elapsed 16 years, Gold level

2003

  1. The covered entrance of the house in 2003, the brick around the front door blotched with grey and pale units Before, 2003 View this photo larger
  2. Close view of the brick under a front window in 2003, cream, tan and buff units reading as one range under a white sill After, 2003 View this photo larger

What was wrong

The file puts it in eleven words: a different run of brick got mixed in on this house. Nothing had failed and nothing was dirty. One batch of units did not agree with the rest of the wall. It was hired by the brick manufacturer, not by the people living there.

What was done

Mineral stain, brushed into the brick by hand. Not one color over the wall: the file records the extremely off colored brick corrected by lightening and darkening different areas, so the finished elevation still reads as a range. The area by the front door needed an artistic flair to color correct.

2019, sixteen years on

  1. The front gable of the house in 2019, its brick reading as one even blend from the arched window down to the shrub bed 2019 View this photo larger
  2. The front walk and covered entrance in 2019, the brick beside the door even in color, with the Brickman certification stamp on the frame 16 Years After View this photo larger
  3. The brick wall under the covered porch in 2019, tan, grey and cream units running together with no batch standing out 2019 View this photo larger
  4. An outside corner of the house in 2019, the brick blended evenly across both faces beside the arched front window 2019 View this photo larger

What sixteen years prove

Same house, same front door, sixteen years apart. The file's own words for it are sixteen years and counting. On the certification scale that is Gold, fifteen years and over, and as of 2026 the work is twenty-three 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 086, transcribed beside the scan so it can be read on a phone and by a search engine.

The case study form for case 086, filled in and signed View the signed form full size
Project name
Residence in Mason, MI (2003)
Level
Gold. 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
Issues
"A different run of brick got mixed in on this house."
What was corrected
"The extremely off colored brick were corrected by lightening and darkening different areas."
Storyline
"This required an artistic flair to color correct the area by the front door. The homeowner took great trust in us to be able to fix the problem and that it would last. It did last! 16 years and counting!"
Address
"Permission needed to release address"
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 07/21/2019
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