Customer Reviews for Koni Brick Old Chicago Charcoal 8.20 in. x 2.50 in. Thin Brick 10.76 sq. ft. Flats Manufactured Stone Siding

After a few months of trying to decide what to wrap our front porch posts with we chose thin brick. At least 20% came broken. It’s very easy to work with and looks awesome when done.

Great price, easy install with no issues

Excellent product and super easy to install

A fair percentage of the bricks were intact when they arrived. You can glue them back together without a problem. These bricks look very nice when finished. I also believe these to be the best bang for your buck in the entire market. Be prepared to do some work and it's a bit messy putting in the mortar, but the results are extraordinary. Looking forward to my next brick project with the Koni Old Chicago's.

Looks great... Very Fragile, it comes packed in Styrofoam and labeled FRAGILE, but nothing between the individual pieces, does not look bad if pieces are put back together as pasted on wall. TIP: Tap them with wood very gently they will become strong with mortar behind them. From 4 boxes: 20 + broken, one box was really bad had more than 9 broken pieces. I guess somebody does not know how to read, and throw them boxes anyway. TIP 2: If you want tour project to be flawless buy extra 20%. I can be cut easy with diamond blade, but had to tap the edge to get the finish right. NOTE: Corners were slightly higher than the brick. measure them before starting. NOTE2: Snap some lines along your project as these bricks are not the same size. VAR +- .25 in Filled the gaps with colored mortar (Charcoal) although it also looks good with little or no mortar in the gaps in which case I would have prepared the wall to have color before applying the brick. Installed On: 07/02/2017 Picture Taken On: 07/11/2017

Love this rustic look

Ended up really nice and was exactly what we were looking for, used it witha black grout and looks great.

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I have used the white and the charcoal now and I love it! But I had to order more because some come broken.

Excellent easy to install

The Koni bricks were exactly what was advertised. They came out beautifully. Some online reviews had indicated that they had come cracked but I didn't have that experience. Highly recommend

decent product for the price.

While these bricks were not actual clay bricks,(but formed concrete), they have a very real appearance and look wonderful for a faux firebox under our mantle. They were packaged well, double boxed, and only two in the box were cracked.

We love the way this brick turned out. Bricks were easy to install with regular thinset mortar. No need to mortar the walls - just butter back the bricks individually and install. Only difficult part was that each brick was different in size (which looks very nice) making it tough to achieve level and spacing. No one makes 1/2" spacers, so we used regular tile spaces (which are 1/8" thick) and stacked anywhere from 3-5 of them to maintain a level line and consistent spacing. Corners also tended to be slightly taller than the flat bricks so that took some adjusting to keep the rows level. Corners also took extra thinset as the bricks were always thicker on the inside corner. We then used regular Type S mortar and mixed with New Look charcoal cement color (HD Model # CC3LB101) to achieve a black grout. Couldn't be happier with the finished product. My wife and I installed several hundred square feet (about 40 boxes) and set/grouted everything in 4 weekends by ourselves, having never done brick work (although we are experienced DIYers and are finishing the rest of our basement 100% on our own)

Love this product. Looks fabulous! Would have given 5 stars but the thin brick pieces break easily. Well packaged.

Bricks were great for thin brick. Looks “authentic building” but used interior for fireplace and hearth. Looks great. Some were broke in bix but not many.

I agree with the other review's that when I've purchased these bricks in the past, a large percentage of them were broken. I was able to "repair" the damaged items with some super glue and continued with my project with acceptable results. The original batch of bricks were obviously poorly packaged. I just ordered additional Koni bricks to complete my project. The order came in the beginning of August and much to my surprised & delight, Koni has repackaged this item in slightly larger boxes and has now put cardboard between the individual bricks. There was not 1 broken brick in the new order. In regard to the product itself, if you have some patience and take your time putting them up, they look pretty much like real weathered brick, which was the look I was going for. For the record, I would and plan to order some more of these items in the near future.

I ordered them twice and half the brick were broken both times. I decided to not use them.

Order came in and they were broken had it reordered and that came in broken so I got my money back. It waisted a lot of my time!!!