Monthly Archives: October 2011

Following on from the recent blog about the advantages of importing Natural Stone Paving from India this blog details some of the disadvantages of importing Natural Stone from India. One thing that comes up time and time again is adverse weather problems.  We have had some real issues this year with our Midnight Black Limestone [...]

London Stone source a wide range of Natural Stone Paving & Tiles from many countries all around the world.  We currently source from Brazil, China, Germany, India, Portugal and of course England.  The majority of our Sandstone Paving is sourced from India.  I am personally involved in sourcing the majority of our Indian Sandstone Paving [...]

One of the most important elements of delivering natural stone to a customer in perfect condition is the packaging.  Providing good quality packaging sounds like a straight forward process but it is something we have to spend a lot of time on with our foreign suppliers.  Take Indian Sandstone Paving for example.  Crates of stone packaged [...]

The final new product for 2012 will be Crema sandstone.  Crema sandstone is a clean, white coloured natural sandstone paving.  Although the product is riven, unlike our existing range of Sandstone Paving the surface of Crema sandstone is very flat.  The product will also be available with machine sawn edges and will be initially supplied [...]

It’s interesting how tastes can change in the space of 12 months.  When we introduced our Tumbled Paving range last year I will be the first to admit that I was not particularly impressed by tumbled natural stone paving. Since then however I have really changed my opinions.  Tumbled paving is a product which really [...]