The corner of the Ohio house in 2019, its blended red and brown brick running unbroken round from the arched window to the garage
Case File 257

Matching a Mismatched Brick Run on an Ohio Home with Stone Quoins

Two runs of brick went into this single-story house and one of them did not match the other. The company that made the brick paid to have the off-colored run stained. It was photographed again eighteen years later and certified then.

Case No. 257
Structure Single-story house
Location Ohio
Stained 2001
Re-photographed 2019
Elapsed 18 years, Gold level

2001

  1. A long single-story elevation in pale tan brick with two tall narrow windows, garden tools leaning against the wall at the right During, 2001 View this photo larger
  2. Two applicators in Masonry Cosmetics shirts working the brick of a covered entry, one standing on a step stool and one on a ladder beside the arched double doors During, 2001 View this photo larger

What was wrong

Two runs of brick went into this house and they did not agree. The file puts it in one line: one of the runs did not match the run that was already installed. Nothing had failed and nothing was dirty. The Hired by line reads brick manufacturer, so the company that made the brick paid to put its own runs right rather than have them torn out.

What was done

Mineral stain, brushed into the brick by hand, unit by unit. The scope in the file is narrow and exact: the off-colored run of brick was stained, so that the two runs would read as one. The camera dated both 2001 frames 10/20/2001.

2019, eighteen years on

  1. The outside corner of the house in 2019, an arched triple window on one face and a service door and garage door on the other, the brick an even red and brown range across both 2019 View this photo larger
  2. Two white garage doors set in blended red and brown brick under a soldier course, with a cast stone pier and a carriage lamp at the corner 18 Years After View this photo larger
  3. Close view of the brick above a garage opening, the oversized units running through red, brown and near black over pale mortar joints 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 says it in fewer words: no one would know we ever stained the brick. 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 257, 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 257, 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
Issue
"There were two different runs of brick mixed into the house. One of the runs did not match the run that was already installed."
What was corrected
"We stained the off-colored run of brick."
Storyline
"We stained this oversized handmade brick 19 years ago and it still looks great today. No one would know we ever stained the brick!"
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2019
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