The front of the Saginaw house in 2020, its brick one pale grey and cream range from the gable to the entry arch
Case File 335

Taking Tan Brick to a Grey Tone on a Saginaw Home

The homeowners did not like the tan brick on this single-story house and wanted it grey or white. The brick manufacturer paid to have it stained to a greyer tone in 1997. It was photographed again twenty-three years later and certified then.

Case No. 335
Structure Single-story home
Location Saginaw
Stained 1997
Re-photographed 2020
Elapsed 23 years, Platinum level

1997

  1. The whole front of the house from the street in 1997, three brick gables and a two-car garage under a dark roof, the brick a warm tan with a young tree on the lawn Before, 1997 View this photo larger
  2. The front gable in 1997, an arched window under a round louvred vent, the tan brick mottled with darker units and a camera date stamped in the corner Before, 1997 View this photo larger

What was wrong

Nothing had failed. The file puts it in one line: the homeowners did not like the tan color of the brick and wanted them grey or white instead. The brick manufacturer hired the correction, not the homeowner.

What was done

Mineral stain, brushed on by hand. The correction on the form is one sentence: the tan brick was stained to a more grey-toned color. The storyline adds that with stain they could go any direction the homeowners wanted.

2020, twenty-three years on

  1. The front gable and the entry in 2020 with snow on the shrubs, the brick one pale grey and cream range from the arched window to the door, with the certification stamp in the corner After, 2020 View this photo larger

What twenty-three years prove

The before frames carry a camera date of August 27, 1997, and the revisit frame is labelled 2020, the year the form was signed. On the certification scale twenty-three years is Platinum, which starts at twenty. As of 2026 the work is twenty-nine years old, and the 2020 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 335, 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 335, filled in and signed View the signed form full size
Project name
Saginaw Residence (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 homeowners did not like the tan color of the brick and wanted them grey or white instead."
What was corrected
"We stained the tan brick to a more greytoned color."
Storyline
"The homeowners didn't like the tan color of their brick. With our stain we were able to go any direction they wanted with the color."
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2020
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