Buff brick wall carrying broad panels of red and buff basketweave and checker coursing
Case File 214

Staining Accent Brick Red on a Michigan Office

The pattern was already in this wall, laid up in the brick coursing, and from the road it had gone flat. Selected units were stained red by hand so the panels would read again. It was photographed again eight years later and certified then.

Case No. 214
Structure Single-story office
Location Michigan
Stained 2011
Re-photographed 2019
Elapsed 8 years, Bronze level

2011

  1. A long single-story brick building seen from across a wide road in 2011, the wall one flat tan range with its decorative panels barely showing Before, 2011 View this photo larger
  2. An applicator on a step stool brushing stain onto individual bricks in a basketweave panel, the finished red pattern to his right and the pale untouched coursing to his left During, 2011 View this photo larger

What was wrong

The file puts it in six words: the building looked dull and outdated. Nothing had failed. The basketweave and checker panels were already in the wall, laid up in the coursing, and from across the road the whole elevation read as one flat tan field.

What was done

Mineral stain, brushed on by hand, one unit at a time. Selected bricks inside the existing panels were taken to red so the pattern would read again at road distance. The reason recorded on the form is addition or makeover, and the file credits the idea to the restoration company.

2019, eight years on

  1. The office wall from across the road in 2019, its basketweave and checker panels reading as strong red against buff brick, with a certification stamp in the corner 2019 View this photo larger

What eight years prove

Same wall, same panels, and a pattern that still reads at road distance. On the certification scale that is Bronze, which covers seven to nine years. As of 2026 the work is fifteen 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 214, 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 214, filled in and signed View the signed form full size
Project name
Creative Office Makeover (2011)
Level
Bronze. 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 building looked dull and outdated."
What was corrected
"We were given a creative idea by the restoration company."
Storyline
"This is a great example of Proven Masonry Stain vs. paint on masonry. Our stain is the right product for absorptive brick."
Address
Permission needed to release address
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2019
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