After looking at all types of fireplace surround types my wife found airstone at our local Lowes store. I wasn’t sure about it but after reading as much information as I could find on it we decided to give it a try. It was extremely easy to install and cut, for cutting I used an old blade on my power miter saw . Everything worked out great as you can see from the pictures and only took me two days to accomplish. I recommended this product! — Steve