The long side wall of the house in 2019 seen at a raking angle, the stained brick running away toward the roofline with mown lawn and evergreens beside it
Case File 259

Evening Out a Poorly Blended Wall on an Ohio Home

The brick went up and the homeowner turned it down: as laid, it did not blend. The company that made the brick paid to have the color enhanced rather than have the wall torn out. It was photographed again eighteen years later and certified then.

Case No. 259
Structure Single-story brick home
Location Ohio
Stained June 2001
Re-photographed 2019
Elapsed 18 years, Gold level

2001

  1. A worker on an extension ladder brushing stain onto the cream brick side wall of the single-story house in 2001, the hipped roof running back over bare graded dirt and two arched windows on the end wall to the right During, 2001 View this photo larger
  2. The corner of the house in 2001 with the work under way, three tall arched windows set under radiating brick arches along the end wall and the cream brick around them reading unevenly light and dark During, 2001 View this photo larger

What was wrong

The file puts it in one line: the homeowner rejected the brick because of poor blending. Nothing had failed and nothing was dirty. The wall was new and the range was wrong. The Hired by line reads brick manufacturer, so the company that made the brick paid to put it right.

What was done

Mineral stain, brushed into the brick by hand, unit by unit, on a house still standing on bare graded dirt. The file records the correction in one line: we color enhanced most of the brick on the house. It went both ways, not one wash of color over everything.

2019, eighteen years on

  1. The long side wall of the house in 2019 seen at a raking angle, the stained brick running away toward the roofline with mown lawn and evergreens beside it 18 Years After View this photo larger
  2. An inside corner of the house in 2019 where two stained walls meet behind a downspout and a young pine, the brick holding one even buff range across both faces 2019 View this photo larger
  3. The end wall of the house in 2019, two arched windows under radiating brick arches and the brick around them reading as one even buff and tan blend up to the eaves 2019 View this photo larger
  4. The stained brick at close range in 2019 around a wall vent, the individual units varying slightly in tone within a single blended range 2019 View this photo larger

What eighteen years prove

The mark on the file is Gold, which covers fifteen years and over on the certification scale. The storyline is the crew's own: this is a job where patience and artistic flair is needed, lightening some brick and darkening others to create a seamless blend. As of 2026 the work is twenty-five 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 house. This is the one for case 259, transcribed beside the scan so it can be read on a phone and by a search engine.

The case study form for case 259, filled in and signed View the signed form full size
Project name
OH Residence (2001)
Level
Gold. 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
Brick manufacturer
Reason for project
Complaint or problem
Issues
"Homeowner rejected the brick because of poor blending."
What was corrected
"We color enhanced most of the brick on the house."
Storyline
"This is a job where patience and artistic flair is needed. We needed to lighten some brick and darken some to create a seamless blend."
Address
"Permission needed to release address"
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2019
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