Types of Stone

[b2dan]

How would you find out the type of stone used to build a house? The reason I'm asking is I want to replace some damaged stone on my house and I need to know what type of stone it is to replace it with! (The buildings Grade 2 listed so they want it replaced like for like).

Cheers

Dan

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b2dan said:

How would you find out the type of stone used to build a house? The reason I'm asking is I want to replace some damaged stone on my house and I need to know what type of stone it is to replace it with! (The buildings Grade 2 listed so they want it replaced like for like).

Cheers

Dan

Chip a bit off?

[CatherineJ]

Where in the North are you from Dan? Should be an indictor of what sort of stone you have. Alternatively do you have a local reclamation place nearby. They maybe able to give you a hand if you approach them with a view to selling you something aged and in keeping with your home.

[b2dan]

Cheers.

I think I'll take a picture and see if they can tell off that.

I live in Blackburn btw. It looks like a type of sandstone.

Dan

[netherfield]

Try getting a copy of the Saturday Yorkshire Post,usually someone is advertising reclaimed stone.

Matching can be big problem though,around us there are quite a few sandstone quarries,although most are now defunct,the stone can vary so much within a mile or so of the different quarries.

http://www.myersgroup.co.uk/jwq/

This is the site of probably the largest operator in the area for new stone.

Don't know if this helps,this is a sample of the above quarries stone.