Patent ID: 7121051

Claim:
A method for forming a wall of thin bricks, comprising the steps of: providing a panel having a front side and a back side, the front side defining a plurality of laterally extending channels defined by a plurality of laterally extending spacing members, each channel having a substantially flat portion positioned between two of the spacing members, wherein the panel has one or more recesses on the back side, and wherein the one or more recesses are sized and shaped to substantially match the shape of one or more existing architectural features; applying an adhesive to the channels; pressing a plurality of thin brick units having a width less than the width of the channels and a thickness greater than the height of the spacing members into the adhesive such that the thin bricks form rows in the channels; and applying mortar to the joints between the rows of thin brick units such that the mortar is in contact with a thin brick unit, an adjacent spacing member, and a part of the substantially flat portion of an adjacent channel.