The brick over the garage doors of the house at Saline Estates in 2020, one red range across every course under the soffit
Case File 336

Tinting Mismatched Brick Over a Garage Door at Saline Estates

Two lots of brick went onto this house and the run over the garage doors did not match. No more of the first lot could be found, so the company that made the brick paid to have it stained instead of torn out. It was photographed again in 2020 and certified then.

Case No. 336
Structure Two-story home
Location Saline Estates
Stained 2007
Re-photographed 2020
Elapsed 13 years, Silver level

2007

  1. The brick over the garage doors in 2007, two strips of yellow tape hanging down the wall below the soffit to mark off a run of lighter units Before, 2007 View this photo larger
  2. The two garage doors and the pier between them in 2007 with the tape still on the wall, the top courses under the soffit reading darker than the brick below During, 2007 View this photo larger

What was wrong

Two different lots of brick on one house, and the second lot landed over the garage doors. The homeowner wanted those courses ripped out and relaid from the first lot, but there was none left to buy. The brick manufacturer hired the correction, not the homeowner.

What was done

Tinted for a better color match, in the file's own words: mineral stain brushed into the off-lot units so they read with the brick around them. The yellow tape in the 2007 frames is the job's own marking on the wall.

2020, thirteen years on

  1. The brick over the two garage doors in 2020, one red range across the courses under the soffit and down the pier between the doors, with the certification stamp in the corner After, 2020 View this photo larger

What thirteen years prove

One range across the courses over both doors and down the pier between them. On the certification scale that is Silver, which starts at ten years. The form's storyline says fourteen; 2007 to the 2020 signature is thirteen, and the spec row prints thirteen. As of 2026 the work is nineteen 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 336, 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 336, filled in and signed View the signed form full size
Project name
Saline Estates 1 (2007)
Level
Silver. 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 brick over the garage door didn't match."
What was corrected
"We tinted the brick for a better color match."
Storyline
"This is what happens when two different lots of brick get put on the same house! Originally the homeowner wanted the brick ripped out and replaced with the brick from the first lot, but the homeowner was unable to find any more brick from that lot. Staining was their best answer, and it still looks great 14 years later."
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2020
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