The gable end of the Mason, Ohio house in 2021, brown brick reading as one range around a tall white window
Case File 041

Color Correcting Three Sides of a Mason, Ohio Home

The brick on this house went up with off colored, blotchy areas across the walls. The brick manufacturer paid to have three of the four sides color corrected rather than rebuilt. It was photographed again fourteen years later and certified then.

Case No. 041
Structure Two-story house
Location Mason, Ohio
Stained July 2007
Re-photographed 2021
Elapsed 14 years, Silver level

2007

  1. The gable end of the house in 2007 before staining, tan brick with a light uneven range around a tall white window, a split rail fence and open field beyond Before, 2007 View this photo larger
  2. The front of the house the day after staining in 2007, two gables and the entry with the brick reading as one darker brown range, shot in evening light After, 2007 View this photo larger

What was wrong

Off colored blotchy areas on the house, in the file's words. Nothing had failed. The brick was sound and the walls were up; the color simply ran uneven across them. The brick manufacturer hired the correction, not the owner.

What was done

Mineral stain, worked into the brick by hand. Three of the four sides of the house were color corrected to get a good match throughout the home. The two 2007 frames carry camera dates one day apart.

2021, fourteen years on

  1. The gable end of the house in 2021, one range of brown brick around a tall white window under a white-trimmed roofline, bare trees and a wooden fence behind, with the certification stamp in the corner 14 Years After View this photo larger

What fourteen years prove

Same gable end, same window, one range across the wall. On the certification scale that is Silver, which covers ten years and over. As of 2026 the work is nineteen years old, and the 2021 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 041, 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 041, filled in and signed View the signed form full size
Project name
Mason 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
"Off colored blotchy areas on the house."
What was corrected
"We color corrected three sides of the home."
Storyline
"We color corrected three out of four sides of the house to get a good match throughout the home. It still looks great today!"
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2021
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