Red brick running through an outside corner of the Michigan school in 2019 under a grey masonry band
Case File 216

Blending Off Color Brick on a Michigan School

The color and the texture were off on some of the brick at this Michigan school. A business hired the correction in 2002 and the areas in question were color enhanced. The building was photographed again seventeen years later and certified then.

Case No. 216
Structure School
Location Michigan
Stained 2002
Re-photographed 2019
Elapsed 17 years, Platinum level

2002

  1. A blank elevation of the school in 2002, tan and salmon brick with darker units scattered unevenly through the courses, a single wall light, a white double service door at the right and a grass strip along the walk Before, 2002 View this photo larger
  2. The long side wall of the school in 2002 seen down its length, brick reading red and tan in one range under a grey masonry band, two wall lights and a lower wing set back at the far end After, 2002 View this photo larger

What was wrong

The file puts it in one line: the color and the texture were off on some of the brick. Not the whole building, some of it. The before frame carries a camera date of 31 May 2002, and the brick in it runs tan and salmon with darker units scattered unevenly across the courses.

What was done

One action is recorded. The areas in question were color enhanced, which is mineral stain worked into the units that sat outside the range of the wall around them rather than one flat color over the whole elevation.

2019, seventeen years on

  1. An outside corner of the school in 2019, red brick with brown and buff units carried through the corner under a grey masonry band, a downpipe on the return and mown grass at the base After, 2019 View this photo larger
  2. A flat elevation of the school in 2019, red brick with dark headers through every course, two vertical control joints, a metal vent on the face and a white double service door with concrete steps at the right 17 Years After View this photo larger

What seventeen years prove

In 2019 the school was photographed again, a corner and a blank elevation. The file's own verdict on the result is a seamless blend that still looks great. The mark on it is Platinum, twenty years and over on the certification scale, and as of 2026 the work is twenty-four years old.

The signed file

Every certified job gets the same form, signed once someone has gone back to the building. This is the one for case 216, transcribed beside the form page so it can be read on a phone and by a search engine.

The case study form for case 216, filled in and signed View the signed form full size
Project name
School, Michigan (2002)
Level
Platinum. The scale runs Bronze at seven years and over, Silver at ten and over, Gold at fifteen and over, Platinum at twenty and over.
Hired by
A business or corporation
Cause
Marked "Other" on the form. The Background field is the only description of it.
Background
"The color and texture were off on some of the brick"
Actions taken
"We color enhanced all the areas in question"
Detail of events
"We were able to create a seamless blend that still looks great"
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2020. Address: release permission required.
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