The brick around the front entry of the house in 2019, an even range of red and brown units running past the door and the shuttered windows
Case File 124

Darkening Light Brick on a Two Gable Ohio Home

A few areas of brick on this two-story house came out lighter than the range around them. The company that made the brick paid to have those areas darkened rather than replaced. It was photographed again eighteen years later and certified then.

Case No. 124
Structure Two-story brick home
Location Ohio
Stained July 2001
Re-photographed 2019
Elapsed 18 years, Gold level

2001

  1. The front of the house in 2001 before the work, pale patches of brick standing out of the range across the large gable and the wall above the entry Before, 2001 View this photo larger
  2. The same elevation in 2001 after the work, the light areas brought down into the range so the gable and the wall read as one mixed blend After, 2001 View this photo larger

What was wrong

The file puts it in one line: there were a few areas of light brick that did not match the range. Nothing had failed and nothing was dirty. 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. Not one color over the whole wall, and not the whole wall at all. The file says what was corrected in six words: we darkened the light colored brick. Everything already inside the range was left as laid.

2019, eighteen years on

  1. The front entry and the two-story wing beside it in 2019, a grown tree on the lawn and the brick behind it reading as an even range of reds and browns from the ground to the eaves, with the certification stamp at the corner of the frame 18 Years After 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 owners' own: the homeowners are still very happy with how their house looks 18 years later. 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 124, transcribed beside the scan so it can be read on a phone and by a search engine.

The case study form for case 124, 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
"There were a few areas of light brick that did not match the range."
What was corrected
"We darkened the light colored brick."
Storyline
"The homeowners are still very happy with how their house looks 18 years later."
Address
"Permission needed to release address"
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2019
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