A brick wall of the Novi house in 2021, one grey range under the soffit with snow on the shrubs below it
Case File 370

Staining Pressure Washer Damage on a Novi House

A pressure washer, used wrong, took the color out of the brick on this house. The mason who built it hired the correction in 1999. A wall was photographed again in 2021 and certified Platinum.

Case No. 370
Structure House
Location Novi, Michigan
Stained July 1999
Re-photographed 2021
Elapsed 22 years, Platinum level

1999

  1. The corner of the house in 1999 before staining, grey and tan brick under a soldier course with a pale washed-out patch and streaks running down the face Before, 1999 View this photo larger
  2. The same corner of the house in July 1999 after the damaged areas were stained, the brick reading as one grey range under the soldier course and the gable After, 1999 View this photo larger

What was wrong

Pressure washer damage from improper cleaning, in the file's words. The before frame shows it: a pale patch below the soldier course where the face of the brick had been blasted off, with streaks running down from it. The mason who built the house hired the fix, not the homeowner.

What was done

Mineral stain on the damaged areas around the house, worked in to match the undamaged brick beside them. The after frame carries a camera date of July 24, 1999.

2021, twenty-two years on

  1. A wall of the house in 2021 with snow on the shrubs in front of it, the grey brick one range up to the soffit, with the certification stamp in the corner After, 2021 View this photo larger

What twenty-two years prove

The 2021 frame is a wall of the house in snow, with the certification stamp on it. One range across the face. On the certification scale that is Platinum, which starts at twenty years. The form's storyline is one line: over 20 years ago, the color enhanced brick still look great.

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 370, 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 370, filled in and signed View the signed form full size
Project name
Novi 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 mason or contractor
Reason for project
Complaint or problem
Issue
"Pressure washer damage from improper cleaning."
What was corrected
"We stained the damaged areas around the house."
Storyline
"Over 20 years ago the color enhanced brick still look great."
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2020
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