The outside corner of the Ohio bank in 2019, red brick running past a quoined corner under a white cornice
Case File 325

Blending Off Color Runs of Brick on an Ohio Bank

Runs of off-colored brick were installed on this bank. The brick manufacturer paid to have them blended rather than torn out. The building was photographed again sixteen years later and certified then.

Case No. 325
Structure Single-story bank
Location Ohio
Stained November 2003
Re-photographed 2019
Elapsed 16 years, Silver level

2003

  1. The side wall of the bank in 2003, one white sash window in red brick, with darker runs banding across the courses and a burned-in camera date in the corner During, 2003 View this photo larger
  2. The corner of the bank in 2003 with an extension ladder leaning against the wall beside a window, bare ground along the base and a burned-in camera date in the corner During, 2003 View this photo larger

What was wrong

Off-colored runs of brick were installed on this building. Nothing had failed and nothing was torn out. The file records the cause as a complaint, and it records who hired the correction: the brick manufacturer, not the owner and not the mason.

What was done

Select bricks were stained for a better blend. Both 2003 frames carry a burned-in camera date of 11 12 '03, and one still has the extension ladder against the wall. The file is plain about the scope, and about why it is worth doing: off-colored runs are common, and they are not something you have to live with.

2019, sixteen years on

  1. The outside corner of the bank in 2019, red brick running past a quoined corner to a white cornice, with a weeping tree and planted beds along the lawn 2019 View this photo larger
  2. The bank in 2019 seen from the drive, two shuttered windows and a white downspout on red brick under a white cornice, a satellite dish fixed to the wall After, 2019 View this photo larger
  3. A rear wall in 2019, red brick around a white window with a white fenced equipment enclosure and an air conditioning unit at the base After, 2019 View this photo larger
  4. A raking view along the long red brick wall in 2019, running past meter boxes to a white vinyl gate and the drive beyond After, 2019 View this photo larger
  5. The brick face at close range in 2019, rough textured red units and grey mortar reading as one range beside a white trim board 16 Years After View this photo larger

What sixteen years prove

The 2019 set walks the building: the corner, the drive side, the rear enclosure, and the brick face at arm's length. The runs that brought the complaint do not read from any of them. On the certification scale the file marks Silver. As of 2026 the work is twenty-three years old, and the 2019 certification is the most recent record on it.

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 325, 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 325, filled in and signed View the signed form full size
Project name
Bank, Ohio (2003)
Level
Silver. 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
"Off-colored runs of brick were installed on this building"
What was corrected
"We stained select bricks for a better blend"
Storyline
"Off-colored runs aren't uncommon, but this isn't something that you have to live with. Our permanent masonry staining can cover up the blemished areas for the long-haul."
Address
Release permission required
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2020
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