Cadeby White Limestone Slabs & Tiles

Cadeby white limestone is a magnesian limestone which has a very attractive almost Portland-like appearance, it was laid down in the Lower Permian
Age approximately 250 – 260 million years ago.
Summary Uses
Cladding
Cadeby White limestone is suitable for use as external cladding at 40mm thick, this is based on the assumptions given in Arup's report dated February 2004 which is available for download from this site.
External paving/Internal flooring.
Cadeby White Limestone is suitable for use as internal flooring in moderately trafficked areas, such as an office. Cadeby White is noted to be slip resistant when wet or dry, providing the stone has a sawn surface finish and each of the stones are frost resistant.

Technical Properties:
Apparent Density 2170 kg/m3 (mean)
Open Porosity 18.05% (mean)
Water Absorption 7.28% (mean)
Saturation Coefficient 0.87 (mean)
Porosity 16.84% (mean)
Compressive Strength perpendicular to bedding dry 81.76 MPa (mean)
Flexural Strength perpendicular to bedding dry 9.17 MPa (mean)
Freeze thaw – classified as frost resistant
Salt Crystallization – classified as class C
Abrasion resistance 29.0 mm (mean)
Slip resistance wet 64 (mean)
Average block sizes:
Length 2-3m
Bed height 1.5m
Overall size 3-4m3
We can get blocks over 3m in length
Current Stock Status (Autumn 2011):
Current stock level 600m3
New stock currently being quarried
Quarry extraction rate is currently 100-150 tones per week on average.