Quartzite Tiles, Outdoor Pavers for Landscaping, Pools & Patios

Grey Gum Quartzite Tiles

Grey Gum Quartzite Tiles - Always in Demand

Grey Gum quartzite has been one of our most popular stone products since the start of 2008. We surveyed our customers who had purchased Grey Gum and these are the reasons for buying:

"Indestructible Natural Stone" - Immune to Kids & Dropped Objects

This natural stone is very dense and tough and nothing seems to damage it. "Our son ran over the new quartzite floor with his bicycle with a flat tyre and the scraping rim didn't make a scratch"

Quartzite Pavers - "Safe Around Pools"

This quartzite is the most popular choice for use around pools because of its high resistance to salt attack and its safe, "grippy" surface when wet. It is one of the world's finest paving stones.

Quartzite Tiles - "Doesn't Show the Dirt"

"The quartzite floor gets dirty but you don't notice it - the grey and gold colour disguises it beautifully". This make cleaning and maintenance less stressful.

Tiler said "Great Quality Natural Stone"

The tiler said that he had laid a lot natural stone but this was one of his favourites because the stone was "dense with impressive quality and almost no breakages and chipping" occurred when he unpacked the crates.

Grey Gum in Random Pattern

Grey Gum quartzite is also available in a random pattern format as shown in the image on the right. This has been taken at the recently completed Itacho Sushi Restaurant at Sydney Airport.

The impressive and very modern design was created by Melbourne architects Baenziger Coles who used the stone in the higher traffic areas of the restaurant to delineate a pathway around the table settings.

The choice of stone for the purpose was impeccable; grey gum is a very dense stone and is very serviceable and extremely durable.

The random pattern is available on netted sheets each of which is just over 0.3 square metres in size. Each sheet fits perfectly with surrounding sheets. The edges are dressed.

Random pattern quartzite is used on both floors and walls.

Grey Gum Quartzite Tiles (12-14mm)

Grey Gum Pavers (30mm)

Grey Gum Bullnose Coping (25mm)

Grey Gum Random Pattern (12-15mm)

See photo of random pattern flooring in the Itacho Sushi Bar, Sydney Airport - above right.

Specifications

Body tile - 400x400x12-14mm
Pavers - 400x400x30mm. See Pavers for more information.
Bullnose coping - 400x400x25mm, 400x400x30mm
Random pattern - 3 sheets/m2, 12-15mm Stackstone - 400x100x20-40mm Cladding - 400x95x10-15mm

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Stone Quality Rating - Grey Gum Quartzite

(5 stars = best quality)

Density

Porosity (1 star = high porosity)

Water absorption (1 star = highly absorbent)

Flexural strength (dry)

Flexural strength (wet)

Slip resistance

Resistance to salt attack (durability)

Quartzite - Indicative Test Results

Slip resistance (AS/NZS 4586-2004) - 52W (risk of slipping when wet = low)
Flexural strength (ASTM C880) (dried) - 22.6 MPa
Flexural strength (ASTM C880) (wet) - 26.0 MPa
Density (ASTM C97-02) - 2720 kg/m3
Water absorption (ASTM 616) by volume (porosity) - 0.06%
Water absorption (ASTM 616) by weight - 0.17%
Resistance to salt attack weight loss (AS/NZS 4456.10) - 0.05%
Resistance to salt attack classification (AS/NZS 4456.10) - AA (highly resistant to wet, dry & salt attack cycles)
Resistance to salt attack (AS/NZS 4456.10) mode of decay - no decay visible

NB The benchmarks for use of stone around salt water pools is 0.1% weight loss or less with a minimum slip resistance classification of W.

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Quartzite Tiles, Outdoor Pavers for Landscaping, Pools & Patios