50 THE NATURAL STONE SHOW PREVIEW SHOW PREVIEW
TAKE A FRESH LOOK AT STONE AND HARD SURFACES
The Natural Stone Show takes place at London’s ExCel from 30 April –2 May, as a dedicated UK event which is particularly relevant for the current housebuilding boom.
ll over the country British quarries are busy supplying walling stone to housing developers and self-builders. There is no doubt people like stone houses, and they sell quickly, often at a premium. With stone sawn, cropped and tumbled these
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days, so that bricklayers can use it, the extra cost of a finished building with stone walls is minimal. Even developments for social housing are using it in order to benefit from its long-term low maintenance.
Demand is unlikely to fall, either, as the industry gears up to try to deliver the 300,000 extra dwellings a year by the mid-2020s that the Government has committed to.
If you want to see British stones available for building, there are more than ever at the Natural Show, at London at ExCeL from 30 April-2 May, featuring products from Albion Stone, Lovell Stone Group, Johnston Quarry Group, Stamford Stone Company, Johnsons Wellfield Quarries, Welsh Slate, Bath Stone Group and others. As well as high profile stones such as Portland, Purbeck and Bath, there are many others which may be less well known outside the stone indus- try – such as Ham Hill, Chilmark, Chicksgrove, blue and white lias from Somerset, Hurdcott Green and Crosland Hill. Some of them will be seen in the ‘Stone Village’ run by Stone Federation Great Britain, once again at the heart of the exhibition, where experts will be at hand to answer all your stone-related queries. Example applications including walls, flooring,
and architectural details such as door and window frames, quoins, string courses, plinths, as well as fireplaces and hard landscaping, will be on show. With housebuilding a leading growth area of construction, it is not just indigenous stone that benefits. Limestone floors, or perhaps slate, travertine or marble, are possible, especially with underfloor heating, and granite or quartz kitchen worktops are a common feature. Maybe there will be a stone fire surround and mantlepiece. In the bathroom, marble worktops and matching shower linings or bath surrounds (perhaps book- matched for real impact) are the latest must-haves.
The stone industry has also expanded its reper- toire with engineered stone. In recognition of this, the show is for the first time co-locating with Hard Surfaces, an exhibition for quartz, ultra- compact sintered surfaces, and porcelains from companies such as CRL Stone, Caesarstone, Quartzforms, Sapienstone, Ceramiche Keope, Ceramica Fondovalle, Pyro + Echo, Infinity, Stone Italiana, Porcelain Slabs, and Nerostein. Hard Surfaces will also feature 135 of the latest innovations, curated by MaterialDistrict, a leading materials match-making platform. There are also galleries of the award-winning projects in both the Natural Stone Awards and the Tile Awards to demonstrate just what can be achieved in natural and engineered stone. Lastly, a CPD-accredited programme associated with the exhibition contains around 50 seminars.
Find out more and keep up-to-date with all the latest show news at
WWW.STONESHOW.CO.UKas well as at the site for co-located show
WWW.HARDSURFACES.CO.UK Get your free ticket now at:
BIT.LY/STONESHOW2019
WWW.HBDONLINE.CO.UK
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