There are many factors to consider when laying yorkstone paving. Are the paving slabs riven? If so it is likely that the thickness of each slab will vary slightly as each slab of riven yorkstone is unique. The thickness of the slabs should also be taken into consideration if you are planning to drive vehicles ...

York stone paving slabs can be used for interior flooring projects either smooth sawn york stone or riven york stone paving slabs make for a great flooring material. York stone is a very suitable material for natural stone flooring because of it's hard wearing properties and wonderful character. York stone flooring can be made to gauged ...

Yorkstone riven paving also known as yorkstone flags or flagstones are natural paving stones quarried from the Yorkshire area, yorkstone riven paving is a sandstone paving of very high quality. Due to this high quality yorkstone flags have been used as paving in most of the major towns and city's in the UK. Yorkstone riven paving ...

Making Yorkstone Sawn Paving Sawn yorkstone paving is a stunning natural stone paving made from the best sandstone in the world. Strong and durable sawn yorkstone paving will last a lifetime. Yorkstone sawn paving has a smooth polished or honed surface with a sandy yellow colouring. Yorkstone sawn paving can be used with its natural surface ...

Fossils are found all the time in york stone quarries. Some are known as calamites and consist of stems of large trees. Most of the fossils found consist of some type of  tree or foliage. The fossils are found in sedimentary yorkshire sandstone used for flagstones and solid ashlar stone used for walling stone, fossils also ...

Garden stone can be used for a whole array of garden projects from steps and paving to walling and rockery. Garden stone can also be used for water features and pond ornaments and edgings, even a bench can be crafted from garden stone. Create stunning natural gardens with natural stone, ornamental garden stone can include pebbles ...

New Stone Saw for Diamond Sawn Yorkstone New stone saw for sawing york stone blocks, the saw is made by Wells and has a 2.2 meter diamond tipped blade for making diamond sawn yorkstone. Large york stone blocks are quarried from the yorkstone quarry then placed on the stone saw. The stone saw cuts the large ...

Making Yorkstone walling Watch the video of yorkstone pitch faced walling being made. The york stone blocks are first cut down into york stone slabs known as scants, the scants are then placed on rollers and pushed through a machine called a cropper or block splitter. When the yorkstone slabs have been cropped to walling sizes, ...

Making Natural Paving Slabs the old way in a Yorkstone Quarry. The Delver has to rive the Natural Slabs from the York Stone Quarry bed using only His Delving Hammer, Chisel (Nicker), Wedges (Stringers) and Bar. First the Delver marks a line on the Yorkstone Slab  the Yorkstone Delver then Nicks the Stone Slab along ...

Yorkstone Walling is used for building projects in Home and Garden, the main types of yorkstone or york stone walling are: pitch faced walling, black faced walling or reclaimed walling, punch faced walling,  dry stone walling or Garden walling and Delph Walling. Sandy yellow, browns and greys make up the colour range of new yorkstone walling. ...