The garage elevation of the Michigan house in 2019, its brick an even salmon and tan range under a hipped roof
Case File 181

A Michigan Buff Brick House Taken to Salmon

The homeowners had gone off the white buff clay brick their house was built in, and they did not want it painted. All of the brick was stained a salmon color in 2003. It was photographed again sixteen years later and certified then.

Case No. 181
Structure Two-story home
Location Michigan
Stained November 2003
Re-photographed 2019
Elapsed 16 years, Gold level

2003

  1. A side wall of the house in 2003, its clay brick a cold white buff below grey lap siding, with a sliding door and a glass block basement window Before, 2003 View this photo larger
  2. An outside corner during the 2003 work, a ladder against the near face and the return wall carrying warm tan color over the pale brick During, 2003 View this photo larger

What was wrong

Nothing had failed and nothing was dirty. The brick was white buff clay, the house was built in it, and the people living there had stopped wanting to look at it. The file records the reason as an addition or makeover, and the issue in one line: they wanted a makeover, but wanted an alternative to painting.

What was done

Mineral stain, brushed into the brick by hand. The file is exact about the extent, and it is the whole house rather than a repair to a few areas: 100% of the brick, stained a salmon color. The 2003 frames catch it mid-job, with one face still the original buff and the return wall already carried over.

2019, sixteen years on

  1. The three-car garage elevation from the driveway in 2019, the brick an even salmon and tan range with lap siding on the storey above 2019 View this photo larger
  2. An outside brick corner of the house in 2019 beside a tall window, with a Brickman Certified stamp printed over the lower right of the frame 16 Years After View this photo larger
  3. Two garage doors with a stained brick pier between them, a soldier course and a cast keystone running above the openings 2019 View this photo larger
  4. Close view of the brick pier beside a garage door in 2019, the individual units reading in salmon, cream and grey under a coach lamp 2019 View this photo larger

What sixteen years prove

Same house, same brick, and a color that is still the color it was mixed to. 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 181, 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 181, filled in and signed View the signed form full size
Project name
Michigan Residence (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
Homeowner
Reason for project
Addition or makeover
Issue
"The homeowners wanted a makeover, but wanted an alternative to painting."
What was corrected
"We stained 100% of the brick a salmon color."
Storyline
"The white buff clay brick were to outdated for the homeowners liking. They wanted to update their house without using a paint. They contacted us and 16 years later, their house still looks great!"
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2019
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