The Natural Stone Specialist

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• Ask the expert : Radon gas in granite - log in »
  In this regular column, Consultant Barry Hunt answers reader enquiries. If you have a question, email it to: nss@qmj.co.uk marked for Barry’s attention

  Q: I have been told granite...

• Project management : The Order - log in »
  Robert Merry is an independent Stone Consultant and Project Manger who also runs training courses on project management. He continues this series setting out some guiding principles for successful...

• The Mystery Surfer : Helical help - log in »
  

  Spiral Construction are not a stone company, they are a company who sell helical (and some other) staircases, some of which come from Wachenfeld Natursteinwerk, who make spiral staircases with...

• Readers projects : St Marys, Nantwich - log in »
  St Mary’s Church in Nantwich, Cheshire, is widely considered to be one of the finest medieval churches in the country. It dates back to the 14th century, although the latest phase of work by...

• Environment : Sustainability - log in »
  With the government having enshrined carbon reduction targets in law the pressure is on for you to be able to show your goods and service are environmentally friendly.

  In April, a new government...

• Cleaning : Stonehealth - log in »
  Jos/Torc company Stonehealth to introduce Nebspray.

  A list of buildings cleaned using the Jos / Torc gentle swirling vortex cleaning system that Stonehealth introduced to the market nearly 20 years...

• Cleaning : Facade gommage - log in »
  Thomann-Hanry’s façade gommage is proving popular in London.

  Since Mark Styles’ won the contract to clean the Grange Hotel at Holborn two years ago using the French Thomann-Hanry...

• Cleaning : Restorative Techniques - log in »
  New company promises more developments in stone cleaning.

  Restorative Techniques Ltd may be new to stone cleaning but the people behind it are not. The new company has been set up by Jamie...

• Cleaning : Lithofin - log in »
  Lithofin: the best known name in stone care.

  No brand for cleaning, sealing and maintaining natural and engineered stone, ceramics and porcelain, terracotta, and cotto, in interiors and exteriors,...

• Cleaning : BI Crawshaw - log in »
  Trust the Crawshaws stone doctor.

  If you have a cleaning problem, a good place to turn to is the Stone Doctor helpline at BI Crawshaw in Croydon, Surrey, on Tel: 020 8686 7997.

  Crawshaws have...

• Cleaning : Burnaby Stone Care - log in »
  Get the Burnaby experience.

  Tony Bannister has taken life a little easier since he sold his business, Burnaby Stone Care, to Elton Tudor four years ago, but his life time’s experience of...

• Tiles : Buy large, sell cheap - log in »
  Slough-based Tile Depot have applied the same price-cutting philosophy to stone tiles as to their man-made ranges. But Tile Depot boss Rob Gilbert believes stone’s meteoric growth has reached...

• Machinery : Costa Series edge polisher - log in »
  New ranges of edge polishers have been introduced to the market by GMM, best known for their innovative bridge saws, following their acquisition of fellow Italian company Cemar. One of the new edge...