The brick of a two-story house in 2019, one even range across the corner below a wrought iron balcony
Case File 010

Matching an Addition to the Old Brick on a Mayport Home

An addition went onto this two-story brick house and the new brick did not agree with the old. The family who owned it wanted the two to read as one wall. Every brick was stained in 2001, and eighteen years later the same family was still living there.

Case No. 010
Structure Two-story brick home
Location Pennsylvania
Stained October 2001
Re-photographed 2019
Elapsed 18 years, Gold level

2001

  1. The gable end and long wall of a two-story brick house in 2001, with a tall block of much darker brick standing in the middle of the long wall and a ladder leaning at the far end Before, 2001 View this photo larger
  2. The same two walls later in 2001, the darker block gone and the brick reading as one range from the gable to the far corner After, 2001 View this photo larger

What was wrong

The file puts it in six words: the homeowner wanted a better match. Nothing had failed and nothing was dirty. The 2001 frame shows it, a block of much darker brick standing in the middle of the wall. This one was hired by the homeowner, not by a builder and not by the brick company.

What was done

Mineral stain, brushed into the brick by hand. The file records several recipes rather than one, and it records that every brick on the house was stained, not only the new work.

2019, eighteen years on

  1. The same corner of the house in 2019, the brick reading as one range across the gable end and the long wall, with the Brickman certified stamp in the corner of the frame 2019 View this photo larger
  2. Close view of the brick at an outside corner in 2019, a downspout running down the angle and the units carrying the same range on both faces 18 Years After View this photo larger
  3. Close view of the brick face in 2019, individual units in mixed reds and deep browns with pale mortar joints between them 2019 View this photo larger
  4. The long side wall of the house in 2019, three windows on each floor and the brick carrying the same range from the far end to the corner 2019 View this photo larger

What eighteen years prove

Same house, same corner, eighteen years apart, and a wall that still reads as one brick rather than two. The mark on the file is Gold, fifteen years and over on the certification scale. The family who hired the work still lives there, and as of 2026 the staining is twenty-five 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 010, transcribed beside the scan so it can be read on a phone and by a search engine.

The case study form for case 010, filled in and signed View the signed form full size
Project name
"Mayport, PA Residence (2001)"
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
Homeowner
Reason for project
Addition or makeover
Issues
"The homeowner wanted a better match."
What was corrected
"We used several recipes and stained 100% of the brick."
Storyline
"Don grew up near this house. The family who hired us still lives there today. Wonderful people. They still love the house, addition, and the staining looks great!"
Address
"Permission needed to release address"
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2019
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