The brick wing of the Westerville house in 2019, its brick reading as one even red and tan range
Case File 315

Repairing Wand Damage on a Westerville Home

A pressure washer left serious wand damage on the brick of this house. The masonry contractor paid to have the color put back by hand in July 2010, area by area. It was photographed again nine years later and certified then.

Case No. 315
Structure Two-story home
Location Westerville, Ohio
Stained July 2010
Re-photographed 2019
Elapsed 9 years, Bronze level

2010

  1. The brick wing of the house in 2010, two dormers set into the roof and a sided gable end at the right, its brick a mottled pink and red Before, 2010 View this photo larger
  2. The gable end wall during the work in 2010, an extension ladder leaning against the brick and pale washed patches showing across the courses During, 2010 View this photo larger

What was wrong

The file puts it in one line: there was serious wand damage from a pressure washer in certain areas of the home. Nothing had failed and nothing was dirty. A wand held too close had taken the color off the brick in patches.

It was hired by the mason, not the homeowner. A masonry contractor paid to put the color right on a house that was already finished.

What was done

Mineral stain, brushed on by hand, unit by unit. The correction on the form is short: we stained 100% of the areas affected. Only the damaged areas were taken back into the range of the brick around them.

2019, nine years on

  1. An outside corner of the brick wing in 2019, a tall window at the right and mature planting at the left, the brick one even red and tan range 2019 View this photo larger
  2. The gable end and side wall seen from the driveway in 2019, the brick reading as one even red range above a planted bed 9 Years After View this photo larger
  3. A panel of the wall between two windows in 2019, rose bushes in flower along the base, the brick one consistent red range 2019 View this photo larger
  4. A tall window in 2019 with a fan of brick set above it as a lintel, the wall around it one even red range 2019 View this photo larger

What nine years prove

The form was signed in 2019, nine years after the work, and the storyline is blunt about the alternative: tear down the brick and start over. On the certification scale nine years is Bronze, which covers seven to nine years. As of 2026 the work is sixteen 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 315, transcribed beside the document so it can be read on a phone and by a search engine.

Scan of the case study form for case 315, filled in and signed View the signed form full size
Project name
Westerville, OH Residence (2010)
Level
Bronze. 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 mason or contractor
Reason for project
Complaint or problem
Issue
"There was serious wand damage from a pressure washer in certain areas of the home."
What was corrected
"We stained 100% of the areas affected."
Storyline
"Pressure washers can do serious damage to brick. Option one, that no one likes, is to tear down the brick and start over. Option two, is you can hire us and we can fix the color of the brick for you."
Address
"Permission needed to release address"
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2019
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