Santa Barbara 18 in. x 24 in. Rectangle Natural Slate Meshed Flagstone Paver Tile (48 Pieces/132 sq. ft./Pallet)

It was not purchased for it's intended use, but we found it easier to use off of the mesh due to the glue to hold it in place making the product unlovely, and unstable. After we figured that out it went smoothly and was beautiful

The Good The stones are beautiful. The completed flagstone project easily added thousands to my home value (3 pallets cost me about $1400). Look at the fantastic kaleidoscope of stones colors in the pics! The beauty of the finished work is the reason for my 4-star rating. Call me crazy, but I only deduct one star because of all the bad/ugly stuff below. The Bad Cutting stones and mixing mortar is a dusty and dirty job! Quite annoying too how each "mat" of stones is wrapped like a Twinkie in plastic. You'd think the Twinkied stones would be dust-free and ready to be mortared ... but no, that would be too easy! Yes, you still gotta wash the stones to get all that dust off. The mats are fairly award to handle too (each has 6 stones). And oh yeah, having to take time off my day job to hang around for hours waiting for my 3 crates of stones was no joy either .... The Ugly As a previous reviewer carefully detailed, it does indeed take "forever" to install these mats. Hear this: even after lots of practice, I averaged only about 10 square feet per hour. See the step-by-step process below to understand why so slow. Also mentioned by previous reviewers, many stones fall off the mats (glued doesn't hold well), and the thickness of the stones vary widely. The Broken Other reviewers have complained about broken stones. I was not pleased either to find about 10% were broken in my first crate (far fewer were broken in the other crates). But after becoming an expert in this dirty job, I now realize 10% broken stones is no big deal since you wind up cutting many stones anyway for border areas. The Pattern Wasn't real obvious to me: the mats can be laid side-by-side in an offset pattern. In the diagram below each mat has six stones, numbered 1 thru 6. Each of the six stones in a mat has a very different shape. But when laid out in the pattern below you'll have a continuous pattern and no need to cut stones in open areas. _____1__________1__________1__________1_____ 2__3___4__52__3___4__52__3___4__52__3___4__5 _____6__________6__________6__________6_____ 1__________1__________1__________1__________1 _____2__3___4__52__3___4__52__3___4__52__3__ 6__________6__________6__________6__________6 Step-by-Step Two-hour Plan for Ten-Square-Feet Wash your concrete base foundation (concrete an absolute must since stones are somewhat fragile sedimentary rock). Unwrap your Twinkie mats and wash to get the dust off. Before mixing mortar, layout your mats per the above pattern. Use an angle grinder with a diamond disc to cut stones for along wall/borders. Now pick up all the mats and the cut stones and set to the side (need to make room for the mortar). Take a break. Catch your breath. Make sure your stomach is full and your bladder is empty before proceeding to the next steps. If you're working solo (like crazy me was), mix 30 lbs of mortar at a time (half a bag). Slosh down your mortar with a 1/2" notched trowel all over you work area. Lay down your mats and cut stones as already planned above (no time to think/plan now ... that mortar is starting to harden) Wiggle all the mats and cut stones are into the mortar. Use a 6" putty knife to press mortar between all the stones (skip this if you want to extend the agony by using grout instead). Start washing the excess mortar off your rocks. Use a big sponge and a 5-gallon bucket of water; surprisingly, doesn’t seem to matter how dirty the wash water gets since the mortar tends to sink to the bottom of the bucket! Now go reward yourself with a beer. You'll be drunk and exhausted but you can repeat the above steps for up to 4 beers a day!

We needed something to put sticks in to burn in our stick burning stove so Joe stacked cement block at the back of our Desert Garden. The blocks didn't fit in with the garden so Joe found the Santa Barbara National Slate Tiles at Home Depot. He used Versabond to cement it to the blocks. It has been 3 weeks now and we love the look.

Purchased to cover a concrete step to match exterior wall. Matched perfectly and looks great. Because of the small area I had I would have preferred individual stones. Had to tear stones from mesh to fill in. The glue that holds on the mesh is thick requiring a fairly thick coat of mortar. Did approximately 70 square feet. All complete in about 12 hours of labor. Suggest sealing stone prior to grouting... Makes clean up easier. Also the use of a grout bag works well

Not many were broken in shipping. Looks really nice with a grey grout. Adhered well to concrete steps and porch. Not too slick in rain. Love the look! Be sure to seal well before grouting as they are pretty permeable.

this product is light weight enough and asthetically pleasing to the eye. I used it to update my fireplace, it came out beautifully. I tried using as a path stone however, I found the stone not strong enough for foot traffic only decorative use.

I am sure that they would be fine in the house. We bought them for a patio and they are THIN and each 18 x 24 set is about five pieces of 1/2 in stone. I made a huge mistake not buying the pavers locally and the price is high for what you get. Read all the specs and make sure it is what you want before it is shipped to your house.

The only problem I have is the paver title is not glue enough and they start come out the mesh that part is very hard to deal with

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