The front gable of the Plymouth house in 2019, pale grey cut and rollback brick around an arched window, the texture reading as one range across the wall
Case File 101

Staining Chipped Cut and Rollback Brick in Plymouth, Indiana

The cut and rollback face on some of the brick chipped off and left red patches across the wall. The brick manufacturer paid to have the exposed areas stained to match in 1997. Photographed again twenty-two years later and certified Platinum.

Case No. 101
Structure Single-family house
Location Plymouth, Indiana
Stained 1997
Re-photographed 2019
Elapsed 22 years, Platinum level

1997

  1. The entry gable of the house in 1997, a pink-cast film scan, an arched transom over the front door and a round louvered vent in the gable, the house number blurred in the file Before, 1997 View this photo larger
  2. The side wall of the house in 1997, a scan of a film print, pale brick under a soldier course with darker chipped patches scattered across the face and a utility box at the lower right Before, 1997 View this photo larger
  3. An outside corner beside a window in 1997, the brick showing chipped darker patches on both faces beside a downspout Before, 1997 View this photo larger
  4. Close-up of an inside corner in 1997 above the electric meter, several brick with the textured face chipped away to show the red body underneath Before, 1997 View this photo larger

What was wrong

Cut and rollback brick carries a layered face texture over a red body. On some units that face chipped off and left red patches, in the file's words. It is recorded as a complaint, and the brick manufacturer hired the correction, not the homeowners.

What was done

Only the exposed body areas were stained, in a custom blend matched to the face around them. The file is specific about why stain and not a coating: a film would have filled the layered texture. Stain absorbs into the pores and leaves the texture as it was.

2019, twenty-two years on

  1. The front gable of the house in 2019, pale grey cut and rollback brick around an arched window with a lattice panel below it, shrubs and a stone-edged bed in front After, 2019 View this photo larger
  2. The entry gable of the house in 2019, pale grey brick around the arched entry, a purple-leafed tree in front After, 2019 View this photo larger
  3. The same side wall in 2019, the brick reading as one pale range under the soldier course, with two utility boxes and barberry shrubs along the foot of the wall After, 2019 View this photo larger
  4. The same outside corner in 2019, one pale range of brick on both faces beside the downspout, barberry at the foot After, 2019 View this photo larger
  5. The inside corner above the electric meter in 2019, the brick face one pale range with no exposed red body After, 2019 View this photo larger

What twenty-two years prove

The revisit note in the file: twenty-two years later and no fading, blistering, cracking, peeling or flaking. On the certification scale that is Platinum, which starts at twenty years. As of 2026 the work is twenty-nine years old, and the 2019 revisit 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 101, transcribed beside the form page so it can be read on a phone and by a search engine.

The case study form for case 101, filled in and signed, rendered from the case file booklet View the signed form full size
Project name
Cut & Rollback, Plymouth, IN (1997)
Level
Platinum. 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
"The cut and rollback texture on some of the brick chipped off."
What was corrected
"We stained the exposed body areas on the brick."
Storyline
"Cut and rollback brick have multi-layered textures, so this would have been a disaster if a paint-like product was used to fix. Luckily for the homeowners, our proprietary staining process absorbs into the pores of the brick and keeps the natural textures. 22 years later and it still looks great!"
Evidence pages
"We stained only the exposed body areas of the off-colored brick, using a custom blend." "The coating on some of these brick chipped off, leaving red patches." "Our stain absorbs into the brick, so the house still has the multi-texture of the original cut and rollback brick." "The proof is all you need: 22 years later and no fading, blistering, cracking, peeling or flaking!"
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2020. Address withheld, release permission required.
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