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Limestone
Limestone is popular as a kitchen benchtop surface. Its colour fits will with modern décor & as a surfact it is most durable and easy to maintain and the natural markings in the stone provide an attractive finish for all surfaces. Limestone can be used as tiles on floors for a durable and attractive finish. Natural limestone is becoming increasingly popular as a finish on external surfaces of the home – walls, paving, capping & stone features.
Sandstone
Sandstone is an old time favourite product for paving, flooring, walls, cappings, pool coping and the like. Sandstone weathers to a patina with time but can be porous so sholud not be used as coping around saltwater pools. Some new sandstone ‘tiles’ are now available, quarried both locally and in South East Asia, which can be successfully used around saltwater pools.
| Stone products have enjoyed much popularity in recent times for their appearance & durability on both the interior and exterior of the home. Limestone, sandstone & reconstituted stone products can be used successfully in a diversity of applications. |
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Limestone & Sandstone are formed from compression of mud, clay and fossils and, in the case of sandstone, silica. These stones come in a range of natural colours and if left unsealed mellow and improve with age. Both are hard wearing but porous in nature and are often sealed in heavy wear areas, particularly indoors. The sealing process should be repeated every 6 to 12 months to maintain the condition of the floor. As flooring, sandstone is usually smooth sawn. Limestone is generally laid in large tiles.
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