French Limestone delivered to client holiday home
If you're looking for the ideal natural stone but your project is in a foreign land, don't worry. You can choose from Europe's best limestone and marble quarries and have it delivered to anywhere in the world. Here's how:
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Topics:
limestone flooring,
French limestone,
burgundy limestone,
listed building
French Limestone
Finding the right natural stone for projects where the same material is used throughout indoor and outdoor spaces can be a challenge. As well as meeting all the usual aesthetic criteria such as colour, pattern, texture etc., the stone also needs to perform well for frost resistance, durability and slip resistance.
Last week, Steve and Denise visited the Ampilly quarry in Burgundy, France, to research options for an upcoming project. We were looking for a French limestone flooring that could be supplied in a variety of sizes, thicknesses and surface finishes and could also be cut for steps and wall copings. We had used Ampilly for the terrace at Amarestone HQ (pictured below) so it is a stone that we already knew quite well but this was the first time we had made it out to the quarry.
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Topics:
limestone flooring,
French limestone,
burgundy limestone,
facade,
beauval,
surface finishes,
pierre de bourgogne,
choosing natural stone,
CE Marking,
chamesson,
natural stone,
quarry,
patio,
external stone,
internal stone
Cleaning a Limestone Patio
How easy is that!
Natural stone is a perfect choice for using outside the house as well as inside. But the main questions that we hear time and time again are, "Is it hard to keep stone clean?" or sometimes, "But doesn't the grout stain easily and look horrible very quickly?"
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Topics:
stain,
limestone,
limestone flooring,
clean,
restore limestone,
sealer,
stone,
French limestone,
seal limestone,
limestone tiles,
burgundy limestone,
cleaning,
sealing,
protection,
seal marble,
pierre de bourgogne,
renovate limestone,
external stone
Good News: French Limestone back on the agenda
We recently had some excellent news from our friends in France. They have now restructured and we can once again source the widest range of top quality French limestone and marble for tiles, slabs, six-sides-sawn blocks and bespoke pieces. Our extensive range and knowledge of French stone makes us the UK's leading supplier of French limestone.
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Topics:
limestone,
limestone flooring,
marble,
French limestone,
marble flooring,
limestone tiles,
burgundy limestone,
marble tiles,
pierre de bourgogne
With our extensive network of contacts in the quarries throughout France, we have become known as the people who can source many of the well-known French limestones. Now though, the less well known limestone quarries are approaching us and enabling us to offer an even wider range.
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Topics:
limestone,
limestone flooring,
French limestone,
limestone tiles,
burgundy limestone,
buying limestone,
pierre de bourgogne,
vallangis,
roche de clermont