The white brick entry portico of the Maumee house in 2019, seen from below against a blue sky, one arch and one square opening under a dentil cornice
Case File 322

Spot Staining Chips and Body on a Maumee White Brick Home

The white brick on this house was a very hard unit with low absorption, and chips and body showed through its texture. The company that made the brick hired a half day of staining on the most obvious spots. It was photographed again sixteen years later and certified then.

Case No. 322
Structure Single-story home
Location Maumee, Ohio
Stained 2003
Re-photographed 2019
Elapsed 16 years, Gold level

2003

  1. The arched entry of the white brick house in 2003, an extension ladder leaning on the left pier of the portico beside the front door During, 2003 View this photo larger
  2. The front of the house in 2003 from the driveway, the hip roof and the entry portico in white brick with the ladder gone After, 2003 View this photo larger

What was wrong

The file records chips and body showing through due to the texture of the brick. A white face on a hard, dense unit: wherever the surface was chipped, the darker body underneath showed. The company that made the brick hired the correction, not the homeowner.

What was done

Mineral stain, brushed on by hand, for half a day, on the most obvious spots. The file is candid about the unit: a very hard brick with low absorption, but enough. Absorption decides whether stain can take at all, and on this brick there was enough.

2019, sixteen years on

  1. The entry portico in 2019 looking up from the driveway, white brick piers and an arch under a dentil cornice and gutter, blue sky and cloud above 2019 View this photo larger
  2. The front of the house in 2019, white brick under a dark hip roof, a green front door inside the arched portico with planters either side, the certification stamp in the corner After, 2019 View this photo larger
  3. A close-up of the textured brick in shade in 2019, pale units with rough faces and lighter patches showing in several of them 2019 View this photo larger
  4. The arch of the entry portico in 2019 from close underneath, white brick voussoirs over the arched transom of the front door, the soffit and cornice above 16 Years After View this photo larger

What sixteen years prove

Same entry, same white brick, and the spots that were stained in 2003 do not read as spots. On the certification scale that is Gold, which covers fifteen years and over. As of 2026 the work is twenty-three 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 322, 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 322, filled in and signed View the signed form full size
Project name
Maumee, OH Project (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
No box is marked on the form.
Issue
"There were chips and body showing through due to the texture of the brick."
What was corrected
"We were hired for a half day to stain the most obvious spots."
Storyline
"The brick used on this project was a very hard brick with low absorption but enough for us to still be successful. The project still looks great today!"
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2019
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