Honed Willow Sandstone Tiles, Outdoor Pavers & Wall Cladding Stone
Willow Sandstone (Honed) Tiles, Stone Pavers - Cutting Edge Popularity
Stone tiles and pavers are the rage because they are completely natural, unprocessed and untreated with any spurious chemical. There is nothing more natural than sandstone - its where our beaches came from.
The Willow sandstone range is our most popular sandstone because of its beautiful variation in light, cool summery colours as you can see in the images below.
Willow Sandstone a Himalayan Stone?
Himalayan stone or Himalayan sandstone is product that is sourced from India. There are hundreds of different sandstones types and qualities that are produced from this remarkable country and our willow is one of these. The variation in colour and durability of 'Himalayan stone" is enormous.
Pavers & Tiles - Definition Confusion
Most people associate pavers with outdoor use. Pavers are regarded as products to be used over soft bases (substrates) such as rammed earth or roadbase sprinkled with sand. On these foundations the stone used needs to be strong to ensure against movement that might cause cracking. As a result, the thickness of the stone needs to be 30mm or more, depending on the traffic load.
These days, outside areas are often concreted providing an incredibly strong and very stable substrate. As a result, a much thinner "tile" of 10 - 15mm might be quite adequate (depending on the flexural strength of the stone and the traffic load expected).
Apart from the thickness of the stone and the cost (tiles are cheaper!) there is no difference between a tile and a paver!
Honed Willow Sandstone - Impressive Stone Quality
The stone products below are selected for quality - you only have to look at the stone quality ratings at the foot of this page to realise it is one of the best on the market.
Willow Sandstone - Colour Sorted as Requested by our Clients
The Willow range of sandstone has been colour sorted by client request - this has been done to remove the unpopular green and brown colours that are characteristic of standard lines of Indian or "Himalayan sandstone".
Willow Sandstone Tiles (15mm) - Honed Surface
( floor tiles & wall cladding stone)
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Willow Sandstone Paver (30mm) - Honed Surface with Calibrated Thickness
Willow Sandstone Bullnose Coping (22mm) - Honed Surface with Calibrated Thickness
Willow Sandstone Ledge Tile (15/25mm) - Honed Surface with Calibrated Thickness
Willow Sandstone Tread (30mm)- Honed Surface
Willow Sandstone Capping (40mm) - Sandblasted Surface with Calibrated Thickness & Chipped Edges
Specifications
Tiles - 400x400x15mm & 600x400x15mm
Pavers - 400x400x30mm & 500x500x30mm
Bullnose coping - 400x400x22mm, 400x400x30mm & 500x500x30mm
Ledge tile - 600x400x15mm with 25mm bullnose
Treads with bullnosed edge - 1000x350x30 & 1500x350x30mm
Capping - 600x260x40mm
Click here to see all sandstone specifications.
Stone Quality Rating - Honed Willow Sandstone
(5 stars = best quality)
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Indicative Test Results
Slip resistance (AS/NZS 4586-2004) - 60V (risk of slipping when wet = very low)
Flexural strength (ASTM C880) (dried) - 19.4 MPa
Flexural strength (ASTM C880) (wet) - 16.1 MPa
Density (ASTM C97-02) - 2421 kg/m3
Water absorption (ASTM C97-02) by volume (porosity) - 5.25%
Water absorption (ASTM C97-02) by weight - 2.17%
Resistance to salt attack weight loss (AS/NZS 4456.10) - 0.2%
Resistance to salt attack classification (AS/NZS 4456.10) - A (suitable for 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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