The gable end of the house in 2019, brick running as one range from the eaves up to the ridge around an arched louvre vent
Case File 256

Restaining Brick Damaged by a Power Washer in Ohio

A power washer took the face off the brick on this Ohio house. The homeowners hired the correction in 1999, and the same gable end was photographed again twenty years later and certified then.

Case No. 256
Structure Single-storey brick house
Location Ohio
Stained 1999
Re-photographed September 2019
Elapsed 20 years, Platinum level

1999

  1. The gable end in 1999, the brick dark and mottled with large patches several shades off the courses around them, a bare tree at the right and fresh mulch at the foot of the wall Before, 1999 View this photo larger
  2. The same gable end later in 1999, the brick reading as one brown range from the planting bed to the ridge, with an extension ladder and a crew on the drive at the right After, 1999 View this photo larger

What was wrong

The file puts it in eleven words: this home's brick were severely damaged by a power washer. The 1999 frame shows what that means. The gable reads dark and patchy, whole areas of it several shades away from the units beside them. The homeowners hired the work themselves.

What was done

Mineral stain, matched to the brick the washer had not reached. The line in the file is that all the damaged brick was stained to look like the original, so the correction had to disappear into the wall rather than cover it.

2019, twenty years on

  1. The same gable end in 2019, the whole wall holding one range of brick from the planted beds to the ridge, with a tall window either side of centre and a large tree beyond the right eaves 20 Years After View this photo larger
  2. The peak of the same gable in 2019 seen from below, the arched louvre vent set in a soldier arch with the brick running one range up to the soffit against a clear sky 2019 View this photo larger
  3. A close view of the wall in 2019 between the two windows, the individual units varying within one narrow range across every course with the mortar joints even 2019 View this photo larger

What twenty years prove

The same gable, twenty years apart. The wall holds one range from the beds to the ridge, and the stained units do not read apart from the ones the washer never reached. On the certification scale that is Platinum, twenty years and over. The work is twenty-seven years old.

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 256, 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 256, filled in and signed View the signed form full size
Project name
Residence, Ohio (1999)
Level
Platinum. The scale runs Bronze at seven and over, Silver at ten and over, Gold at fifteen and over, Platinum at twenty and over.
Hired by
The homeowner
Reason for project
Repair
Issue
"This home's brick were severely damaged by a power washer."
What was corrected
"We stained all the damaged brick to look like the original."
Storyline
"The homeowners were very upset with the look of their brick after this much power wash damage. Luckily for them, they called us and 20+ years later, you still wouldn't know there was ever any damage!"
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2020
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