The front of the Osgood house in 2019, its brick reading as one even range beside the covered porch
Case File 121

Lightening Bunched Dark Brick on an Osgood Ohio Home

The brick on this single-story home went up with the dark units bunched into patches instead of spread through the wall. The company that made the brick paid to have them lightened rather than replaced. It was photographed again seventeen years later and certified then.

Case No. 121
Structure Single-story brick home
Location Osgood, Ohio
Stained 2002
Re-photographed 2019
Elapsed 17 years, Gold level

2002

  1. The long side of the house in 2002 with the garage bay beyond, its red brick carrying darker units in patches, the ground still bare from construction During, 2002 View this photo larger

What was wrong

The brick arrived with its dark units clustered rather than spread. The file says it in seven words: several areas of dark brick in bunched areas. Nothing had failed and nothing was dirty. The wall read as patches instead of as one range.

The brick manufacturer paid for the work, not the homeowner and not the builder.

What was done

Mineral stain, brushed in by hand, on the dark units only. The correction in the file is five words: we lightened the dark areas. The brick around them was left alone, which is why the finished wall still reads as a range of reds rather than one flat colour.

2019, seventeen years on

  1. The front of the house in 2019, its brick reading as one even range across the garage bay, the window wall and the covered porch After, 2019 View this photo larger
  2. An outside corner of the house in 2019, the brick evenly toned on both faces above a bed of clipped shrubs and ornamental grass 2019 View this photo larger
  3. The rear corner of the house in 2019 with a service door and a covered patio beyond, the brick one consistent red from grade to eaves 2019 View this photo larger
  4. A tall end wall of the house in 2019, the brick running one even range from the lower windows to the eaves with a projecting quoin at the corner 17 Years After View this photo larger

What seventeen years prove

The house was photographed again in August 2019 and certified on that visit. On the certification scale that is Gold, which covers fifteen years and over. The note in the file is one line: 17 years later, this project still looks great. As of 2026 the work is twenty-four 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 121, 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 121, filled in and signed View the signed form full size
Project name
Residence in Osgood, OH (2002)
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
The brick manufacturer
Reason for project
Complaint or problem
Issue
"Several areas of dark brick in bunched areas."
What was corrected
"We lightened the dark areas."
Storyline
"17 years later, this project still looks great."
Address
"Permission needed to release address"
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2019
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