The garage of the New Albany house in 2021, the jack arch over each of the two white doors reading in the same dark red blend as the wall around it
Case File 360

Darkening Jack Arches on a New Albany Home Garage

The jack arches over the two garage doors of this New Albany house came out lighter and redder than the wall around them. The mason who built it had the arch brick darkened to match in 2000. Photographed again in 2021 and certified Platinum.

Case No. 360
Structure House, garage elevation
Location New Albany, Ohio
Stained 2000
Re-photographed 2021
Elapsed 21 years, Platinum level

2000

  1. Two garage doors in October 2000, the flat jack arch over each one showing lighter and redder than the dark blended brick around it, with black arrows drawn on the print pointing up at both arches Before, 2000 View this photo larger
  2. Close view of the jack arch over one garage door in October 2000, its upright units a pinker red than the dark field brick above and beside it, an arrow drawn on the print pointing up at the arch Before, 2000 View this photo larger

What was wrong

A jack arch is a flat arch of upright units cut as special shapes, and the file is direct about the consequence: brick shapes can be off colored because of how they are manufactured. Here the arch over each garage door read as a lighter, redder band across a dark blended wall; the arrows on the prints point at the two courses in question. The mason who laid the wall hired the correction and marked it on the form as a color change, not a complaint.

What was done

Mineral stain, brushed on. The file records one issue and one correction: the jack arches did not match, and the arch brick was darkened until it did.

2021, twenty-one years on

  1. The garage of the New Albany house in 2021, two white doors under a hip roof with the jack arch over each door reading in the same dark red blend as the wall, the certification stamp in the corner After, 2021 View this photo larger

What twenty-one years prove

Same two doors, same arches, and the flat arch over each now reads as part of the wall rather than a band across it. On the certification scale that is Platinum, the top level, which covers twenty years and over. The 2021 photograph is the most recent record on the job.

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 360, transcribed beside the scan.

Scan of the case study form for case 360, filled in and signed View the signed form full size
Project name
Arches in New Albany OH (2000)
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 mason or contractor
Reason for project
Color change
Issue
"The jack arches did not match."
What was corrected
"We darkened the brick to match."
Storyline
"Often brick shapes, such as the jack arches on this project, can be off colored because of how they are manufactured. Our process is proven because it lasts, and is the best process for brick shapes of all kinds!"
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2020
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