The covered front entry of the Westerville house in 2019, its stacked stone an even range of tan, rust and grey
Case File 314

Darkening Pale Stone on a Westerville Model Home

The stone on this model home went up lighter than the color that had been approved for it. It was stained in 2012 to bring it back to that color. It was photographed again seven years later and certified then.

Case No. 314
Structure Stone-clad model home
Location Westerville, Ohio
Stained May 2012
Re-photographed 2019
Elapsed 7 years, Bronze level

2012

  1. A porch column and the wall behind it before the work in 2012, the stacked stone a pale sandy buff with mixing cups on the slab Before, 2012 View this photo larger
  2. The front entry during the work in 2012, a ladder standing against the stacked stone beside the door During, 2012 View this photo larger

What was wrong

The stone went up lighter than the color that had been approved for it. Nothing had failed and nothing was dirty; the wall was the wrong color. The file puts it in nine words: the overall appearance of the stone was too light.

The file records it as a model home, the house a builder finishes first and shows to buyers, and marks who hired it as Other.

What was done

Mineral stain, brushed on by hand. Not one flat color over the wall: colors were developed for this stone first, then the majority of it was stained. The phrase in the file is we developed a couple of colors and stained the majority.

2019, seven years on

  1. The covered front entry in 2019, the stacked stone around the door reading as one even range of tan, rust and grey 7 Years After View this photo larger
  2. The covered porch in 2019, the stone column bases and the wall beside the window reading as one even tan and rust range After, 2019 View this photo larger
  3. The stone above the garage door in 2019, running under the second-storey shingles in one even tan and rust range 2019 View this photo larger
  4. Close view of the stacked stone wall in 2019, the units in mixed tan, rust and grey with tight joints between the courses 2019 View this photo larger

What seven years prove

Same entry, same wall, and a color that is the color it was mixed to. On the certification scale that is Bronze, which covers seven to nine years. The wider point is the one the file makes itself: this is stone, not brick, and the stain holds on both.

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 314, 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 314, filled in and signed View the signed form full size
Project name
Westerville, OH (2012)
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
Other
Reason for project
Complaint or problem
Issue
"The overall appearance of the stone was too light."
What was corrected
"We developed a couple of colors and stained the majority of brick."
Storyline
"This project is a good example of how our stain works on more than just brick. This model home was built with stone that was the wrong color so they hired us to stain it the color they had approved."
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2019
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