Brick & Masonry Staining in Dallas The Right Color for Dallas Brick.
Mineral stain for Dallas and Fort Worth brick, mixed for the building, approved on your own wall, and warrantied for life.
Dallas-Fort Worth homes and commercial buildings, one stain system.
A ranch in Plano and an office block in Fort Worth get the same mineral stain, the same hand application, and the same lifetime warranty. The size of the job and the paperwork are what change.
Residential Staining
Whole-home color changes and additions that finally match, from the older blocks off Swiss Avenue to the newer streets of Collin County.
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Commercial & Architectural
Offices, schools, retail and apartment buildings across Dallas and Tarrant Counties, specified under CSI 04 25 10 with submittals on request.
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Bramwell-McKay stains brick, block, stone, and precast for homeowners, builders, and architects in Dallas, Fort Worth and the suburbs between them. Our office is in Carmel, Indiana, so a North Texas project is planned as its own trip, with the site visit, the sample and the crew scheduled around the job.
The stain is mineral, not paint. Inorganic pigments soak into the masonry and bond with the clay, so the color sits inside the wall instead of forming a film across it. The brick keeps breathing, the texture does not change, and nothing is left on the surface to peel.
Dallas brick splits roughly in two. Swiss Avenue, Munger Place and parts of the Park Cities hold brick close to a century old, where the work is fitting a repair or an addition to a wall nobody wants to replace. The newer half of the metro, from Plano and Frisco out to Southlake and Colleyville, is brick from the last forty years in colors a builder picked, and there the job is usually a straight color change. Foundation repair, common on North Texas clay soil, adds a third kind: relaid brick that has to be stained back into the wall.
What Dallas-Fort Worth brick usually needs
Masonry work in North Texas falls into four kinds, and the age of the building decides most of it. Each one links to a documented project from another city that shows the same job, photographed when it was stained and again years later.
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A newer house in a color you did not choose
Thirty-year-old brick in Plano or Southlake is usually sound, and the color is the one thing the owner never picked. A whole-home color change moves it for good, with no film to fade in the afternoon sun. See full home makeovers or the residential brick staining page.
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A foundation repair or patch that shows
Cracked units replaced, a corner relaid after the slab was lifted, an opening filled in. The new brick is the right size and the wrong color. Staining it to the wall around it is how the repair stops showing. See every kind of correction on the services page.
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New brick that went up off color
A delivery that did not match the sample, dark units bunched in one wall, an elevation that reads different from the house next door. Builders and brick makers often pay to have these fixed, usually on a deadline. See the Osgood dark patches or builders and contractors.
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A facade, school or apartment building
Sound masonry with a dated or uneven color, on a building that has to stay open. The system is specified under CSI 04 25 10 and the work is sequenced around occupancy. See the DC apartment block or the architects and engineers page.
If your Dallas masonry soaks up water, we can stain it
The core of what we do. Any absorbent brick, from a 1920s house on Swiss Avenue to a new build in Frisco.
The joints between the brick, stained on their own or along with the wall.
Concrete block on a garage, a foundation, or an addition takes stain and keeps its texture.
Limestone, sandstone, and fieldstone can be toned, matched, or evened out.
Faded or mismatched veneer stone gets its color back without replacement.
Patio pavers and cast concrete carry color the same way brick does.
Can we get the color you are looking for?
Almost certainly. Colors are custom mixed, so you are not picking from a little fan of chips.
A run of brick that came out brown against a grey wall. Stained to match the courses around it. Both photos are the same afternoon, eighty minutes apart.
Drag to compare. Pick any job to see it.
Darker and richer is easy; going much lighter depends on your brick, and we will tell you straight after we see it. Start at brick stain colors to see what is possible.
The record behind the work, photographed years apart.
Our documented work so far is concentrated in the Midwest, and we travel for whole-home and commercial projects. These three are from Washington, DC and Ohio, each one photographed again eight to twenty-two years after it was stained.
Why North Texas brick gets stain, not paint
North Texas puts a wall through long summers of heat, hard afternoon sun, and the odd hard freeze. A paint film sits on the face of the brick and takes all of it, so it fades, chalks and lets go, and then it has to be scraped and done again. Brick also takes on water and gives it back, and a film slows the giving back. The National Park Service says as much in its guidance on brick masonry: non-permeable paint or other coatings accelerate decay by trapping moisture behind the coating.
Mineral stain has no film to fail. The pigment is inorganic, it is absorbed into the brick, and it bonds with the clay. The Brick Industry Association's Brick Brief describes stained brick as "a colorfast, durable finish" for climates from hot and humid to freezing, and its Technical Note 6, in the March 2025 revision, states that mineral-based stains are "preferred due to their high water vapor permeability" (opens in a new tab).
Every finished job carries a lifetime warranty on the stain system as applied. Mortar deterioration is not covered, and a sealer put over the stain afterward voids it. The full terms are on the warranty page, and what each option costs over the life of a wall is on brick staining vs painting.
Staining vs Painting, in FullDon't take it from us.
Did a project for my girlfriend, excellent work and done in the timeframe they promised. Would definitely recommend
Their expertise in brick staining, especially matching historic brick that's no longer available, is exceptional. It's not just close; they achieve a level of color and texture blending that makes repairs virtually disappear… Bramwell McKay employs master masons directly rather than relying on subcontractors, and it shows in the consistency and craftsmanship of their work… Whether it's restoration, repair, or new work that needs to tie seamlessly into an older structure, they bring a level of knowledge and execution that's hard to find.
The stain worked like a charm… Now, you couldn't find the damaged bricks if you tried.
I had a brick repair on the front of my house that did not match the rest of the brick at all. I sent samples and pictures, and he figured out the stain colors for me, and he even noticed the mortar color was wrong and had me fix that first. Great product and even better service.
Masonry staining for Dallas-Fort Worth, from Swiss Avenue to the Stockyards.
For decades many North Texas cities required new houses to be faced mostly in masonry, so whole subdivisions went up in the same few brick colors. Brick staining changes that color without covering the brick. The mineral soaks into each unit and becomes part of it, the texture stays, and the wall keeps breathing.
Painting vs. brick staining is the decision to settle before anyone touches the wall. Paint is a film on top of the brick, and in North Texas sun it fades and peels on a short schedule. Stain becomes part of the brick, goes on once, and carries a lifetime warranty in writing.
Masonry staining reaches past brick. Block, mortar and cast stone take the same mineral stain, which matters around the Stockyards and Sundance Square, where replacement units and new mortar have to sit beside masonry a century old. Each color is mixed for the building and proven on its own wall first. Every surface we stain is listed on our masonry staining services page.
What to expect when you work with us
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Consultation
We take the brief on the first call: the building, its condition, the result you want, and the schedule the work has to fit.
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Site assessment
We evaluate the masonry in person. Substrate condition, existing coatings, access, and how the work has to be sequenced around you.
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Absorption test
Water on the brick shows how the surface absorbs. Stain bonds into the pore structure, so this result governs whether the substrate qualifies at all.
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Sample panel and proposal
A section of your actual wall, stained and adjusted until the color is approved. It becomes the reference standard. Firm pricing in writing at the same time.
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Application and closeout
Applied by hand with a brush, signed off section by section against the approved panel. Final walk, photo documentation, warranty in writing.
You receive Documented completion, lifetime warranty
Dallas-Fort Worth brick staining questions
See your masonry in a new color
Two ways to reach us, and both go straight to a real person. We usually get back to you the same day.
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The form asks for what a real quote needs: the address, what the brick looks like now, and photos or drawings of the wall. Fill it out once, and we come out already knowing the job.
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A real person answers, and if we are on a wall, we call you right back. Best for a quick question, or if you've never explored stain before and want the full tutorial, we're happy to have a real person call and talk it through with you.