Chapa
Irregular flagstone pattern supplied as a repeating 7-piece set.
- Face sizes
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- 24 13⁄16" × 33 1⁄16" (7-piece modular sheet)
Stone Appearance
Chapa Flagstone & Thin Brick
Irregular flagstone supplied as a repeating 7-piece sheet — random looks, predictable installation.
Random flagstone is the look everyone wants and nobody wants to install. Miami Stone Veneer Specialists stocks Chapa because it solves that — seven irregular shapes that interlock into a repeating panel, so the wall looks hand-laid and the installer isn't improvising.
Why the modular sheet matters
Genuinely random flagstone means somebody standing at the wall for hours fitting pieces together. It's slow, it's expensive, and the quality depends entirely on how good that person's eye is. Two masons will give you two completely different walls from the same pallet.
Chapa fixes the layout at the factory. The seven pieces always fit. Coverage is predictable, so take-offs are accurate and waste is low. The wall looks the same whoever sets it.
The honest downside: it repeats. Rotating alternate sets disguises it well, and mixing Chapa with Chapa II on a big elevation disguises it completely. On anything over about 600 square feet, do one or the other.
The brick and opus options
Deli Brick is here because South Florida has an odd relationship with brick. People like it; it doesn't like the salt air. A concrete thin-brick gives you the look with none of the long-term mortar problems, and at 15¾ by 3 15/16 inches it lays fast.
Roman I is the four-size opus pattern — formal, symmetrical, and a good middle ground when random feels too casual and a square grid feels too modern.
Cost
$10 to $17 per square foot. Chapa's real advantage shows up in the install quote rather than ours — predictable coverage means a mason can price it tightly instead of padding for layout time.
Chapa — formats and sizes
Two Chapa colourways plus the brick and opus formats that share their laying logic.
Chapa II
Second Chapa colourway with tighter joints.
- Face sizes
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- 24 13⁄16" × 33 1⁄16" (7-piece modular sheet)
Deli Brick
Thin brick format with a kiln-fired look.
- Face sizes
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- 15 3⁄4" × 3 15⁄16"
Roman I
Four-size Roman opus pattern.
- Face sizes
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- 13" × 8 11⁄16"
- 8 11⁄16" × 8 11⁄16"
- 4 5⁄16" × 8 11⁄16"
- 4 5⁄16" × 4 5⁄16"
Technical specification
| Compressive strength | 200–250 kg/cm² |
|---|---|
| Body | Grey and white cement, standard and premium grades |
| Colour | Stock colourways plus custom colour matching |
| Finish | Through-coloured, sealed on request |
| Suitable substrates | CMU, poured concrete, brick, stucco, and framed walls over lath |
| Fire | Non-combustible concrete body |
| Exposure | Interior and exterior, above and below grade |
| Coastal use | Rated for salt-air exposure with a penetrating sealer |
| Chapa sheet size | 24 13/16" × 33 1/16", seven interlocking pieces |
| Laying | Modular repeat — rotate alternate sets to break the pattern |
Full spec sheets and dimensioned drawings are available for submittals — ask and they'll be emailed the same day.
Where this gets used
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View details →Common questions
How does the 7-piece modular sheet work? +
Chapa ships as a repeating set of seven interlocking shapes that together make a 24 13/16 by 33 1/16-inch panel. Your installer lays the set, then repeats it. You get the random flagstone look without anyone standing on site solving a jigsaw puzzle.
Won't the repeat be obvious? +
Less than you'd think, because the seven shapes are irregular and can be rotated. Rotating alternate sets breaks the pattern well enough that most people never spot it. On a very large wall, alternate Chapa and Chapa II to be safe.
Is Deli Brick real brick? +
No — it's a 15¾ by 3 15/16-inch concrete thin-brick with a kiln-fired look. Real brick is rare in South Florida because of what salt air does to the mortar over decades. This gives you the look without that problem.
What's Roman I for? +
It's a four-size opus pattern — the Roman paving layout, on a wall. It suits entryways and courtyards where you want something more formal than random flagstone but less rigid than a square grid.
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