The garage wall of the Novi house in 2021, one pale range of brick under the tan siding with snow banked below it
Case File 377

Correcting an Off Run of Brick on a Novi Garage Wall

One run of brick in the garage wall of this house went up off color from the rest. The brick manufacturer hired the correction in 2000. The same corner was photographed again in 2021 and certified Platinum.

Case No. 377
Structure House, garage wall
Location Novi, Michigan
Stained August 2000
Re-photographed 2021
Elapsed 21 years, Platinum level

2000

  1. The corner of the house beside the garage door in August 2000, grey and tan brick under a soldier course below pale green siding, with a shrub against the wall and the camera date in the corner Before, 2000 View this photo larger
  2. The same corner of the house on August 4, 2000, the brick reading as one grey range under the soldier course, with a lantern either side of the wall and the camera date in the corner After, 2000 View this photo larger

What was wrong

An off run of brick laid in the wall, in the file's words, in the garage area of the house. The brick manufacturer hired the fix, not the homeowner.

What was done

Mineral stain on the off colored units, worked in to match the run around them. Both period frames carry a camera date of August 4, 2000.

2021, twenty-one years on

  1. The garage corner of the house in 2021 with snow banked against the wall, the brick one pale range up to the tan siding, with the certification stamp in the corner After, 2021 View this photo larger

What twenty-one years prove

The 2021 frame is the same corner in snow, with the certification stamp on it. One range across the face, no run standing out. On the certification scale that is Platinum, which starts at twenty years. The storyline on the form: members of the original family still live in the house, and were surprised anyone would come back to check.

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 377, 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 377, filled in and signed View the signed form full size
Project name
Novi Residence (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 brick manufacturer
Reason for project
Complaint or problem
Issue
"Garage area had an off run of brick laid in the wall."
What was corrected
"We color corrected the off colored brick."
Storyline
"Members of the original family still live in the house, and were surprised we would come back to check and make sure our work was still looking good! The homeowners love the work, and so do we."
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2020
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