The stained brick of the gable end in 2019, a deep red brown wall with rough rust coloured units projecting from the face
Case File 147

Taking a Michigan Tudor to a Darker Red Brick

Nothing on this house had failed. The owner wanted the brick darker and redder, so the whole elevation was stained by hand in 2001. It was photographed again eighteen years later and certified then.

Case No. 147
Structure Two-story Tudor Revival house
Location Michigan
Stained August 2001
Re-photographed 2019
Elapsed 18 years, Gold level

2001

  1. Two applicators on ladders working across the brick gable end of a Tudor house in 2001, the brick a light mottled red beside a half timbered wing During, 2001 View this photo larger
  2. A low brick garden wall and a wrought iron gate beside the house in 2001, the wall pale and mottled next to a warmer pier with rough units projecting from it During, 2001 View this photo larger

What the owner asked for

Nothing was wrong with the brick. The file records the request in one line: the customer wanted to make the brick more dark red. A homeowner paid for it, and it is logged as an addition or makeover rather than a complaint.

What was done

Mineral stain, brushed on by hand across the whole elevation. The file says the entire brick was stained and enhancements were added, which is why the rough faced units projecting from the wall still read as their own rust tone against the field.

2019, eighteen years on

  1. The gable end of the house in 2019, its brick a deep red brown with rough rust coloured units projecting from the face and a glazed tile panel set under the roof vent 2019 View this photo larger
  2. Close view along the wall in 2019, one rough faced rust coloured header standing proud of the smooth deep red brick around it 18 Years After View this photo larger
  3. A raking view up the gable wall in 2019, the field brick an even dark red brown with rough rust coloured headers standing proud of the face 2019 View this photo larger
  4. A brick pier beside a recessed arched opening in 2019, a small blue glazed tile set into the coursing at eye height and a casement window to the left 2019 View this photo larger

What eighteen years prove

The same gable end, the same glazed tile panel under the roof vent, 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-five 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 147, 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 147, filled in and signed View the signed form full size
Project name
Michigan 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
The homeowner
Reason for project
Addition or makeover
Issue
"The customer wanted to make the brick more dark red."
What was corrected
"We stained the entire brick and added enhancements."
Storyline
"This was not a major makeover, but 18 years later, this still looks great."
Address
"Permission needed to release address"
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2019
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