The side elevation of the Nashville, Michigan home in 2021, its brick reading as one range under a snow-covered hip roof
Case File 374

Matching Two Runs of Brick on a Nashville Michigan Home

Two runs of brick that did not match were laid together on this home. The brick manufacturer paid to have one run color enhanced toward the other. It was photographed again twenty-two years later and certified Platinum.

Case No. 374
Structure Single-story home
Location Nashville, Michigan
Stained September 1999
Re-photographed 2021
Elapsed 22 years, Platinum level

1999

  1. The side wall of the Nashville, Michigan home on September 8, 1999, two runs of brick reading as different colors, with a test area marked in pen to the right of a drawn line Before, 1999 View this photo larger
  2. The same wall on September 9, 1999, the whole elevation reading as one blend of tan and dark brick, with the original test area marked in pen under the soffit After, 1999 View this photo larger

What was wrong

Two different runs of brick were mixed on this home, in the file's words. Nothing had failed. The two runs read as two colors in one wall, and the brick manufacturer hired the correction.

What was done

A test area came first. The two 1999 frames are one day apart: the marked test area on September 8, the finished wall on September 9 with the original test area arrowed under the soffit. The file records the base color and the dark enhancements needed to make a great match were added, bringing the one run toward the other.

2021, twenty-two years on

  1. The side elevation of the single-story home in 2021, snow on the hip roof and the lawn, one range of brick across both windows, with the certification stamp in the corner After, 2021 View this photo larger

What twenty-two years prove

One range of brick across the whole elevation, photographed in the snow in 2021. On the certification scale that is Platinum, which starts at twenty years. The form was signed in 2020 and the certified photograph carries the file's own 2021 label.

The signed file

Every certified job gets the same form, signed when someone goes back to the building. This is the one for case 374, 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 374, Nashville MI (1999), filled in and signed View the signed form full size
Project name
Nashville MI (1999)
Level
Platinum. 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 brick manufacturer
Reason for project
Complaint or problem
Issue
"Two different runs of brick were mixed on this home."
What was corrected
"We color enhanced the one run to better match the other."
Storyline
"The base color and dark enhancements needed to make a great match were added. Over 20 years later, it looks great."
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2020
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