The gable end of the Mooresville house in 2019, its brick one even salmon range from the lawn to the roofline
Case File 301

Taking Blotchy Dark Red Brick to Salmon in Mooresville

The brick on this house was blotchy and too dark in places, and the owners wanted salmon rather than dark red. The company that made the brick paid to level the walls in 2007. The house was photographed again twelve years later and certified then.

Case No. 301
Structure Single-family home
Location Mooresville, Indiana
Stained 2007
Re-photographed 2019
Elapsed 12 years, Gold level

2007

  1. The inside corner of the house in 2007, two walls of dark red brick meeting behind a stone fountain and a low green shrub, a shuttered window above Before, 2007 View this photo larger
  2. The front gable in 2007, an arched fanlight window between shutters, the brick around it dark red and patched with darker blotches Before, 2007 View this photo larger
  3. The same gable later in 2007, the brick carried to an even salmon range from the eaves down past the fanlight window After, 2007 View this photo larger
  4. The wall above the garage doors in 2007, a single window in a broad field of dark red brick with uneven darker courses running through it Before, 2007 View this photo larger
  5. The same wall later in 2007, a bay window at the left and the brick reading as one salmon range across the full width above the garage doors After, 2007 View this photo larger
  6. The gable peak over two shuttered windows in 2007, the brick dark red with grey and darker units scattered unevenly through the courses Before, 2007 View this photo larger
  7. The covered porch in 2007, a wooden swing on chains and red geraniums against dark red brick walls Before, 2007 View this photo larger

What was wrong

The file puts it in one line: the brick on this home was blotchy and too dark in areas. Nothing had failed. The range read heavy and uneven from one elevation to the next, and the owners had wanted salmon, not dark red.

What was done

Mineral stain, worked brick by brick. Some of the dark red units were carried to salmon so the walls read level instead of patched. The file calls it leveling out the walls. The work closes a range rather than covering one, and every unit keeps its texture.

2019, twelve years on

  1. The gable end of the house in 2019, salmon brick running from the lawn to the roofline past two shuttered windows, with the porch wing beyond 2019 View this photo larger
  2. The same gable peak in 2019, the brick holding one salmon range across the courses under a blue sky After, 2019 View this photo larger
  3. The same inside corner in 2019, both walls reading as one salmon range from the downspout to the shuttered window After, 2019 View this photo larger
  4. A close view of the wall in 2019, salmon and grey units set course by course so no single brick stands out of the range After, 2019 View this photo larger
  5. The covered porch in 2019, a wicker swing and chairs against salmon brick walls with a red lantern hanging at the far end After, 2019 View this photo larger

What twelve years prove

Same gable, same corner, same porch. The stained units still sit inside the range around them, close enough that the 2019 detail frame has to be read course by course. The file marks this one Gold, a level the scale sets at fifteen years and over; the revisit frames are twelve years on.

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 301, 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 301, filled in and signed View the signed form full size
Project name
Residence, Mooresville, IN (2007)
Level
Gold. 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
The brick manufacturer
Reason for project
Complaint or problem
Issue
"The brick on this home was blotchy and too dark in areas"
What was corrected
"We leveled out the walls by staining some of the dark red brick to a salmon color"
Storyline
"The homeowners were not happy with the dark red brick on the house and wanted a more salmon color. They are still very pleased to this day!"
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2020
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