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Not all are created equal!

Gothicstone SEAHAZE SEAtm is a blue-grey limestone quarried in the Atlas Mountains of northern Morocco. Several other countries quarry blue-grey limestone, like Belgium, Germany, France, Vietnam, China, and the USA. The key difference between PA/NY Bluestone and SEAHAZE SEAtm Bluestone is that SEAHAZE SEAtm is classified as limestone, while PA/NY Bluestone is classified as sandstone. Generally, limestone pavers tend to remain cooler than sandstone pavers.

Gothicstone bluestone (blue-grey limestone) stays cooler vs PA or NY bluestone

8 Reasons to choose Gothicstone bluestone (SEAHAZE SEAtm Limestone) vs PA or NY Bluestone pavers for your outdoor project.

The Technical Differences

  1. Limestones typically stay cooler than sandstones. Therefore, an additional benefit to using SEAHAZE SEAtm Bluestone over the PA/NY option for copings, pool decks, or any outdoor hardscape areas.
  2. PA and NY Bluestones are quarried from sandstone deposits. And commonly suffer from chipping, delamination, and flaking due to how the deposit is formed in striated sedimentary layers.  The striations (layers) do not commonly occur in limestone deposits.  For this reason, the SEAHAZE SEAtm limestone is easier to work with and will retain its natural beauty without the delamination issues that can be quite common with the PA and NY Bluestones.
  3. Due to many of limestone’s advantageous technical characteristics plus a more exacting manufacturing process, SEAHAZE SEAtm Limestone is often less expensive to implement than Bluestone originating from PA and NY.
  4. These limestone pavers have greater than 5,000 PSI compressive strength. They can be used in most industrial applications.
SEAHAZE SEA grey selection
SEAHAZE SEA grey selection
SEAHAZE SEA grey selection
Bush Hammered SEAHAZE SEA
Bush Hammered surface finish
30″x0″x1 1/4″ pavers
Inspection
SEAHAZE QUARRY MIX
seahaze sea middle blue grey slab gothicstone
SEAHAZE SEA BLUE GREY LIMESTONE SLABS
SEAHAZE SEA machine cleaved
SEAHAZE SEA AND SEAHAZE SAND SPLIT FACE
SEAHZE SEA Slotted Drainage pavers-treads
Limestone tumbled cobblestones
Seahaze Mix tumbled 4×4 cobblestones
grid line grooves
SEAHAZE SEA blue-grey selection slotted pavers
SEAHAZE SEA Limestone & Pool and Patio Projects

The Aesthetic Differences

  1. We produce extra-large format pavers which are available according to your specifications. Example sizes are 18×36, 30×30, 24×48, 48×48, and varying thicknesses according to your project needs (2cm/3cm/4cm/5cm/6cm/7cm, etc.). We work with you to determine the best thickness and surface finishes for the best technical and aesthetic balance in your hardscape design.
  2. These limestone pavers are cut beautifully and are processed with more precision and accuracy than the typical PA and NY Bluestone processing plants can produce. The resulting aesthetic is the ability to “butt install” the pavers or tile without extra-large grout joints.
  3. All SEAHAZE SEAtm products are available for your patio, pool deck, driveway, interior stone flooring, and general building projects are pavers, steppingstones (extra-large), slabs for countertops and wall caps, step treads, block treads, coping, veneers & cladding, tile and driveway pavers or cobblestones.
  4. Finishes varieties: Suregrip Moleskintm – a mechanically sandblasted surface; Ancient Etruscan Texturetm – bush hammered with a mechanically sandblasted secondary finish applied; Tumbled; Honed; Bush Hammer – mimics the ancient art of point chiseling/texturing the surface of the stone.   A great combination of textural visual aesthetic and tactile interest without being too aggressive, and yet it significantly raises the coefficient of friction (for those who have that concern); Micro Bush Hammer – a finer more delicate version of the above. 

 

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