Your stone requirements may be especially quarried, or be reclaimed. For example a bepoke piece of masonry can be especially quarried, and then masoned by a highly skilled craftsmen. Specific flagstones may be reclaimed from ethical sources. You may have an idea in mind that is achievble but very costly. Its well worth finding a reputable and experience company that can both quarry, source, guide and do masonry.
Masonry Products, can be designed to your own specified requirements, and are produced by our own craftsmen, whose skills have been passed down through the generations
Most quarries will supply to housing development companies, designers, architects, builders and tradesmen, and some will also sell to the individual.
Some of the stone include the following:
Garden Paving Slabs
Yorkshire Flagstone
Walling
Heads and Sills
Blocks
Riven Paving
Punch faced and black faced stone
Reclaimed Yorkshire Paving Slabs
There are many types of stone. Some are more durable than others. Obviously colours differ from one type of stone to the other. That is not all though. With a specific type of stone such as Yorkshire Stone the shades and tones can vary significantly. Hence again its important to use a supplier who understands the application. If you are buying natural stone for a kitchen floor, then the consistency in shades may be more important to the flagstones that you buy for your garden driveway.
Whilst sourcing a reputable supplier, ask to see exmaples of work done. Most suppliers will have a portfolio of where their products have been used.
Well established quarries in the North of England usually have a whole range of locations around the UK where their own flagstones, blocks, yorkshire stone, riven, head and sills have been used due to this type of stone being quarried in the area. They will also have examples of masoned products on site and around the UK.
Some suppliers will use state-of-the-art computerised technology and some will use older more traditional methods. If older methods are used then the time taken to make your required product available can be much longer.If you approach a new supplier question the technology that has been adopted.
With any product sourcing check to see what work is done on site. If a quarry contract masonry out to external businesses then your supplier may not see the finished masoned product and as a result there may be no quality assurance with the product. Some quarries have their very own team of skilled craftsmen that produce the finest quality masonry. Each piece is examined by the owner of the company to ensure that it meets with the customers requirements exactly, and that the quality is exceptional.
As stone is a natural material this means that a stone product thatSome suppliers can guide you with this, and do everything neccessary. If you require they will design, produce, and deliver the goods. If you have your own design they will ensure that it is workable and fulfil the rest of the process.
To summarise buying and using stone can be a great investment. However to avoid costly mistakes try to find a supplier who uses computerised cutting edge technologies, is willing to guide you from design to delivery, and is well-established.
Author Resource:-
Suzy Powell works from home in Yorkshire.
http://www.mmstone.co.uk Family run established quarry and suppler of reclaimed flags. Uses cutting edge technology, and able to help with design if required. Delivers all over the UK.
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