Stoke Ground Top Bed Bath Stone
Stoke Ground Top Bed Bath Stone is high quality finely grained limestone Bath Stone in a classic honey colour perfect for developers, masons and sculptors.
Top Bed Stoke Ground Bath Stone is the ideal Bath Stone for carving, ashlar walling and fireplaces.
It is a finely grained, exceptionally consistent limestone with a pale cream or buff colour that mellows to the quintessential honey colour that is the hallmark of quality Bath Stone.
One of the most distinctive features of our Top Bed is its bed height that can occasionally reach 1600mm. This height makes it particularly attractive to masons and sculptors because it opens up a wealth of creative possibilities.
Top Bed Stoke Ground Bath Stone has an extraordinary legacy and there is evidence of quarrying at Stoke Hill Mine dating back to the mid-fifteenth century.
Bed height: 400mm – 1200mm. Block length: 3500mm. Block width: 800mm – 1000mm.
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Tested to the latest European and British Standards
Our Top Bed Stoke Ground Bath Stone is independently tested to the latest European and British Standards by BRE Global, an independent, international certification body. It means you can be confident it will meet your performance requirements.
We supply the relevant certificates and declarations as standard with every order, so you have complete supply chain transparency and a clear provenance for your stone.
- Apparent density (as defined by BS EN 1936): 2005 Kgm³
- Open porosity % by volume (as defined by BS EN 1936): 26.1%
- Water absorption at atmospheric pressure (as defined by BS EN 13755): 11.3 % by weight
- Flexural strength tested parallel to the planes of anisotropy (as defined by BS EN 12372): 3.75 (3.15) MPa
- Frost resistance (as defined by BS EN 12371): 14 cycles
- Breaking load at dowel height (as defined by BS EN 13364): 1400 (1125) N
- Compressive strength (as defined by BS EN 772-1): 19.2 (17.9) MPa
- Specific heat capacity (as defined by BS EN 1745): 1000* J/(kg.K)
- Thermal conductivity (as defined by BS EN 1745): 1.40* W/(m.K)
- Water vapor resistance factor dry (as defined by BS EN 10456): 50*
- Water vapor resistance factor wet (as defined by BS EN 10456): 40*
- Petrographic examination (as defined by BS EN 12407): Oolitic limestone (Oosparite)
Note:
Values in brackets are the Lower Expected Values (LEV)
*From tabulated values
Case studies : Stoke Ground Top Bed Bath Stone
The aesthetics of our Bath Stone is the best reason to choose us. It is a uniform size, is remarkably defect free and has a beautifully consistent colour. These qualities give you a very cost effective stone that allows you to maximise yield and minimise wastage.
Take a look at our success stories to see how we’ve helped customers with their stone projects.
