Mineral pigment brushed into each brick by hand, so the color becomes part of the wall. It never peels and never needs repainting.
Almost every home we stain wants one of these. All three are permanent, and you approve the color on your own wall first.
The core of what we do. Any absorbent brick, from a 1920s home to new construction.
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.
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.
Brick has to breathe. Paint seals it under a film, the moisture cannot get out, and it goes to work on the wall. This is the order it happens in.
I hired Bramwell-McKay to stain the brick on my 1940s home in Indianapolis. Kate & Rich were very helpful with the planning and helping my vision become a reality. So many folks paint brick, but staining is really the way to go for a long term solution. The crew was nice and they worked quickly. The new gray stain looks amazing and is a wonderful way to maintain the historical brick while updating it at the same time. Thank you!
They did a nice job staining my brick to match the house. Very professional job. Cleaned up after themselves. And [were] very conscientious of what they did and how they did it.
I had them redo the bricks on my house from pink to beige and brown. They were courteous and professional. I was very pleased and have had many compliments on the great job they did.
I have been told a number of times that I am very hard to please, but they completely shocked me. The brick is beautiful and exactly what I wanted from the very beginning.
The stain we apply is made by Masonry Cosmetics, in the field since 1988. It is a mineral system, not a coating: the color goes into the brick instead of onto it. That is why the project below still looks the same 25 years on.
Read how the mineral stain works, and how it compares to paint.
Before
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25 Years After
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Both of these are your house. The difference is what happens after the first check clears.
And the cycle has not stopped.
Made in week one, and warrantied for life.
A full home color change usually runs $15,000 to $25,000, and it is done once. Smaller work, like matching an addition or blending a repair, runs a few hundred to a few thousand. You get a firm written quote after we see your brick, usually within the week. The full comparison, with the lifetime cost math: brick staining vs painting.
Most likely, yes. Our crews are based in Carmel, Indiana, and they are somewhere in the Indianapolis metro most weeks. Brick staining is a crew and a product, not a storefront, so a whole home color change is worth the drive.
Every city we cover, state by state, with a search box at the top. Type your city and it comes right up.
Brick staining service areasA real person picks up. If we are not the right people for your house, we will tell you that on the phone.
866-841-1178Your address and a couple of photos of your brick. A person reads every one and writes back.
Contact formTell us about your house and the color you are dreaming of.
A visit within days, at your convenience.
A minute of water on your brick tells us it will take stain.
A firm written quote, and a stained sample on your own wall.
Most homes take 7 to 10 days. The lifetime warranty comes in writing.
No. Paint sits on top of the brick and fills in the joints. Stain soaks into the face of it, so the mortar lines, the texture, and the difference between one brick and the next are all still there when we leave. This house went from yellow to grey without a single brick being replaced.
The same house before we started and after we finished. The arches over the windows and the chimney were kept warmer than the walls, which is a choice you have when every color is custom mixed.
The cost math, the color on your own wall, and what happens if something goes wrong. Read it before you call anyone, including us.
Brick has to breathe. Paint traps moisture, peels, and slowly destroys the brick underneath. Mineral stain soaks in, keeps the masonry healthy, and never has to be done twice.
We tape off a patch of your own wall, stain it, and keep tuning it until it is the color you pictured. Nothing else gets stained until you say yes. The panel is $1,800 and comes off your final bill.
See what colors are possibleYou call us. No form, no ticket queue, no fine print. If the color ever fails enough that anyone would notice, we redo that area at no cost, for as long as the masonry lasts. Sell the house and the promise goes with it.
Read what we coverMost people who call us are still deciding. You will get a straight answer either way, including if the answer is that your brick is better left alone.
Send a couple of photos and the color you have in mind. We come out, look at your brick, and put a firm number in writing.
A real person picks up. Ask what it would cost, whether your brick can take it, or what we would do if it were our house.
Monday to Friday. If we are up on a wall, leave a message and you will hear back the same day.
