Emsco Group 8280-1 Natural Sandstone Look – Extra Large & Tall – Lightweight – Easy to Install Landscape Rock, Large

Great quality just what we needed looks nice

IT was a little taller than we imagined, but it looked really good in the flower garden area in the back of the house. Filled in with something different than plants. Made a good difference in the look of the garden.

It was the right size, just wish it was taller. It is resting on the pipes i need to protect. An additional 4” in height would been great. I gave it a 5 because for the most part it still gets the job done. I just needed to increase the height at the base.

I purchased the Emsco Group 8285-1 Natural Granite Look – Large "Rock" to hide some external electrical boxes. The product is quite realistic, looking like granite even from just a few feet way. It will work perfectly. The "rock" is a semi-rigid plastic shell, less than 1/8 inch thick. The coloring is not a coating but is throughout the material. The "rock" is not brittle, and has a small amount of "give." Nevertheless, despite its thinness, it is rigid enough that its shape does not deform. The dimensions provided in the product description were accurate. My "rock" came with two metal anchors, but without any way to connect the anchors to the "rock." I will just drill two small holes to complete the anchoring. I plan to weight the rock with 10-lbs of ballast in order to keep it from blowing away. The "rock" should be great at protecting the interior from rain, snow, etc. My only negative is that the manufacturer slapped a large sticker to the outside of the "rock". The sticker was unnecessarily difficult to remove. It took me about an hour to completely remove the sticker (use only warm to hot water, and not an adhesive remover, since an adhesive remover damaged the matte finish of the rock). The sticker was really unnecessary. The same information could have been affixed to the "rock" using non-adhesive paper and a small piece of adhesive tape.

I purchased this rock cover back in the spring, 9 months or so ago. We chopped down a giant Russian Olive tree last year and still had one ugly stump. It’s so expensive to get a stump ground so I decided this might do the trick. I did have to axe down the sides some to get the rock to fit but worked seamlessly. I did not use the stakes included but instead use several long screws along the bottom of the rock and drilled them through the rock cover and into the tree stump underneath. Have had zero issues with movement and it blends great with the existing gravel in our yard. Highly recommend for covering a tree stump instead of paying hundreds for stump grinding.