Posts about Test Results

  1. Shell Gris Abrasion Test
    November 26th, 2011 by Gareth Davies Stone

    Here are the formal results for the Shell Gris. A durable stone and good for 500,000,000 visitor foot traffickings during its design life. Not bad at all. shellgrisabrasion44795g2.rep

  2. Shell Gris Abrasion Testing Big Commercial Stone Project
    November 25th, 2011 by Gareth Davies Stone

    This week I had to confirm the suitability of our Shell Gris for a very large commercial project I am currently working on. The building in The City would be the workplace for over 6000 people and with the design life of 50 years.  This requirement would mean the stone needs to withstand 150,000,000 visitors during its life (6000 x 2 [...]

  3. Verona Trade Fair 2011
    September 25th, 2011 by Gareth Davies Stone

    This week we visited the stone fair in Verona. An annual pilgrimage for all stone bods from Europe and beyond. It is a big challenge to remain focused and remember what stone types, colours and formats you have been asked for during the past year of trading by architects, contractors and clients alike. This year [...]

  4. Filming Mock Ups For Our Stones In Verona
    August 7th, 2011 by Gareth Davies Stone

    Last November we gathered a load of our stones together in a factory in Verona to film mock ups in order to show clients the full picture when it came to variation, or as fuller picture as you can give without samples in hand. this task had started by organising the shipmentstones from France, Portugal, Germany [...]

  5. Flint Honed Limestone- Test results
    May 3rd, 2011 by Gareth Davies Stone

    Please see link below the impressive Test results for Flint Honed Limestone just received from Sandberg Consultancy: 43871g2.rep The limestone acheived a slip resistance value of 30 (wet). This in combination with the abrasion result of 17.5  is extremely good and therefore suitable for both commercial and domestic projects alike. Link to images of the Limestone are below: http://garethdaviesstone.co.uk/stones/flint-honed-limestone

  6. Welcome to the new GDS Blog
    January 31st, 2011 by Gareth Davies Stone

    Welcome to the new GDS Blog. The Blog will updated regularly with information relating to the source, supply and service of natural stone. Our new website www.garethdaviesstone.com has all the information you will need to source stone for your project. Please check back soon for more updates.