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If you’re wearing 2 pairs of socks and your slippers, you may be dreaming of thick carpet – or perhaps a Caribbean holiday. However, warm stone floors are no longer the stuff of dreams. Here are several ways to keep your toes toasty, whether you’re installing new limestone tiles or have period natural stone flooring throughout your home.  

Built after 1865, the Solent Forts Horse-Sands, No Man’s Land, St Helens and Spitbank forts were created to protect Portsmouth and it’s harbour from attack. The most likely culprit at this point would have been the french. All of the forts are built from granite and are armour plated. Ranging in size from 150-200ft diameter and costing between £123,000 and £467,000 they were an expensive and impressive defensive against potential invaders. Luckily they never had to be used in warfare. The forts had to be armoured to prevent granite they […]

If you’re looking for granite kitchen worktops, you may have seen advertisements for cheap granite worktops. Don’t be fooled – if you see phrases such as ‘liquid granite’ or ‘synthetic granite’ you’re not getting a natural stone slab and may be very disappointed.