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Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 6:27 pm
by ruffle
Does anyone have any pointers to products similar in appearance to the Bradstone 'Carpet Stones'?
I'm looking for a rustic, beaten up kind of look (the property is an old cart works and these will be used to cover what was previously a working yard area) and I'm going blind scanning through suppliers websites 
Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
TIA
Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 10:52 pm
by cookiewales
ruffle wrote:Does anyone have any pointers to products similar in appearance to the Bradstone 'Carpet Stones'?
I'm looking for a rustic, beaten up kind of look (the property is an old cart works and these will be used to cover what was previously a working yard area) and I'm going blind scanning through suppliers websites
Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
TIA
have you looked at the real stone not the copy :;): :;):
Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 9:52 am
by ruffle
Yes but it's tricksy all the natural stone I've seen is cropped square or in a flagstone style.
The local stone is a sandstone (www.stamfordstone.co.uk gives you an idea) and the few remaining bits of the original hard standing that we've found appear to have been made of this stone laid end on (like a natural stone wall laid on it's side).
Time and use had worn the top surface smooth(ish) but as it comes from the quarry the edges are very rough and would not be a nice surface to use and would be hugely time consuming to lay.
There's also the cost to consider! Doing the the 250m2 in stamford stone would require a Greek size debt! and I was hoping to avoid adding to the world financial crisis 
Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 7:17 am
by cookiewales
ruffle wrote:Yes but it's tricksy all the natural stone I've seen is cropped square or in a flagstone style.
The local stone is a sandstone (www.stamfordstone.co.uk gives you an idea) and the few remaining bits of the original hard standing that we've found appear to have been made of this stone laid end on (like a natural stone wall laid on it's side).
Time and use had worn the top surface smooth(ish) but as it comes from the quarry the edges are very rough and would not be a nice surface to use and would be hugely time consuming to lay.
There's also the cost to consider! Doing the the 250m2 in stamford stone would require a Greek size debt! and I was hoping to avoid adding to the world financial crisis
the stone laid end on would have been waste in its time IE to thin for walling but end on a good surface when worn in you could use what we call splitters which are sets that have split down the grain these would have a good top most reclaim yards sell these of cheaply for walling and the likes of try steptoes reclaim they have lots ps the ground works involved for carpet stones would be more than doing the job right are you doing this yourself as diy some pic would help would be happy to give you some tips cheers cookie :;): :;):
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 1:44 pm
by TheVictorianCobbleCo
Philip Sinclair of ScotKerb (see Website) should be able to do you the equivalent - called a victorian cobble - if you can raise him - he operated out of Carnoustie in Scotland but was very reasonable cost wise - even transporting down to London area. Good luck