stone2.jpg

A solid foundation is the key to any quality building project, and that’s definitely true when it comes to laying natural stone flooring. Whether you’re using tiles or slabs, it’s essential to prepare the surface properly before you start work. Can I put stone tiles on a concrete floor? Concrete or brick floors are an ideal foundation for natural stone flooring as they’re even, solid and strong. Little preparation is required to put a stone floor on a concrete foundation, but a few basic precautions should be taken. First, particularly […]

Granite worktops have an amazing resilience and an extremely natural look. Why? Because natural stone kitchen worktops are just that – entirely natural. If you’re looking for a granite worktop and you don’t like what you see, this may be because of its natural look. There may be “flaws” in the colour of the worktop’s surface that you don’t like. These imperfections in your potential granite worktop are not structural – granite worktops will be tested to make sure that their integrity is acceptable, and granite is one of the […]

One of the ways many homeowners choose to improve and refresh their homes is to refit a kitchen either in its entirety or to install a new worktop. Once the decision has been taken to change the counter tops in a property, the next decision is what material to use. For most the two main options are Granite and Quartz worktops as these are the most widely used and most practical materials for work surfaces. There are many great reasons to choose either of these, so in order to make a decision […]