Suncast BBE10TC 12-inch Interlocking Border Edging

Easy to install and look great.

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First, the good part. When I finished the project, it really did look very nice; I even received a few comments about how nice it looked. Nevertheless, the "bricks" still look like plastic, but it is infinitely better than the black vinyl edging that you can buy in rolls.I think the best use for this is if you are separating a garden from a lawn area where the curves are not too great. There is definitely a limit on how much it will bend. For that installation I would have given it 5 stars.However, I used this to edge around a concrete walkway in front of my house. Between the walkway and the house, there is a flower garden and I wanted to use the bricks to create an edge beween the walkway and the garden. If this is not your intended use, please skip the rest of this review as it will be rather lenthy and technical.The walkway has 3 straight sections with 2 sharp angle turns between the sections; the first one is about 24 degrees and the second one is about 10 degrees. It runs from the driveway to the front door. Note that because of the way the brick sections interlock, you have to start either from right to left or left to right; you cannot start in the middle. Which way to start will be obvious when you look at your project. I had to start mine at the driveway. Everything progessed nicely (sort of ... see later comments) until I got to the first angle (24 degrees) and it happened to be exactly in the middle of a brick; and that does not bend. I made the best of it and did a few more section and looked at the result. The border at the angle looked just awful with a big gap where the brick spanned the angle. So I ripped it all up and carefully measured it so that the angle matched up with a joint between the bricks. Of course, that left a big gap at the driveway (I planted some flowers there to cover it up). Then proceeded to the next angle (10 degrees) and that now was also in the middle of a brick; there was no way I could make both of the angles come at a joint between the bricks. I bent the brick as much as possible (only a degree or two) and made the best of it. It being only a 10 degree bend, it did not look too bad.While I was intalling the brick sections, I noted some occasional resistance when pounding them into the ground. I figured it was small rocks so I just hit them harder with the mallet until they were even with the rest. However, further on, this did not work no matter how hard I pounded. I also noted that the earlier sections that received the hard pounding had popped back up leaving as much as a 1/2" gap. I pulled up the last section that I could not pound in and saw that the points were severely bent, obviously they had encountered some very severe obstruction.The rest of my comments apply only to a edging around a concrete walkway. To pour a concrete walkway, you need to dig down about 4", edge it with 2x4's, level them and pour the concrete (this was done by a contactor). To level the 2x4's you prop them up with small rocks at various points. That can leaves gaps between the 2x4 and the ground and the conrete will flow under the 2x4's at those spots; and these are the obstruction that I enountered. Of course a 2x4 measures only 1.5" by 3.5" (the 1/2" is lost to sawing and finishing). I then measured the points on the brick sections and found they were 4.125" long, so there could be as much as a 5/8" interference problem. I finally ripped up the offending sections and cut enough of the points off them so that they no longer hit the concrete; I had to use a hack saw since the points were too sturdy to cut with a tin shears. If you want to avoid this hassle, I suggest using a straight bladed spade and see whether you can sink it along the edge to 4.125". Do this before you purchase this product so you are aware of what is ahead of you.Anyway, the end result is that it looks great, but it was definitely not as easy to install as implied by the decription and the instructions. Thus I give that 4 stars.UPDATE (4/23/2012): Over winter, the more offending sections popped up again. I guess I didn't cut enough of the points off to make them fit well. I am NOT looking forward to ripping this up again and fixing it. I'll probably just live with it, but it upsets me every time I look at it. Probably will use the black vinyl strips for any future projects.UPDATE (May 2013): Many sections popped up again over winter. I used my rubber mallet and drove them back in. Looks fine now.

These Suncast border bricks make ideal moveable barriers to guide my Eufy robot vacuum where I want it to clean (indoors, obviously). I tried several other barrier methods that were a hassle to manage, while the Suncast interlocking sections make the lengths easy to change and move around. I place the sections down flat with the wide 1.5 inch edge facing the robovac, which makes the vacuum quickly pause and turn away, I was afraid the resin bricks might be too easy for the vac to push out of place, but to my relief they stay put (at least with my Eufy and iMartine vacs). Newer robot vacuums can use magnetic barriers, but the Suncast bricks seem even simpler, cheaper, and more versatile. I'm very happy with my labor-saving experiment, and must also credit Amazon's hassle-free return policy which enables customers to shop fearlessly.

So cute and so easy to install!!! Thank you