The work is finally done. A total of five rain out days. The roofers put the finishing touches on the project this morning. No more waking up to the sounds of construction noise, I can finally get a good mornings sleep again beginning tomorrow.
The color of the new brick is lighter than the old, but I knew it would be when this project began. It's something I really had to do as the garage was too far along for any more patches. It all has to do with a builders mistake when they used too narrow cap stones 65 years ago. That let water into the bricks, which made it's was down to the lintels and eventually rusted them. When metal rusts, it expands thus pushing up on the brick and further exasperating the problem. Add to the problem a dumbass tuck pointer along the way who didn't understand the different functions of cement v mortar.
So, new lintels, bricks, capstones and topped off with a new roof. This company paid attention to a lot of small details that should make this repair last a long time. I'm glad it's done.