"james" wrote in message
om...
thanks for this info

interesting that you are expecting a 50% cost saving on materials
using this stone compared with the readymade moulded concrete version,
but on the pavingexpert.com site i'd noticed it said "...stone paving
is considerably more expensive than the concrete alternatives..."
(http://www.pavingexpert.com/york01.htm)

Yes - it probably is if you compare real York stone (ie from Yorkshire)
with some of the concrete products. I was comparing the top of the range
concrete (Chancery). Incidentally, Marshall's own real stone products
(Haworth Moor) are also slightly cheaper than Chancery. It's imported
stone too, of course, although they try to disguise it with the name...

imported sandstone for about £17 per sq m.
incidentally, how thick is the stone at this price?

nominally 35mm, but it varies between 30 and 45.

You might argue that it's immoral to use a stone which has been
quarried in
India and then shipped expensively around the world
(yeah, talking of which, my guess is that the pay & working conditions
of the labourers who quarry that stone in India are worse than
atrocious...)

Yes, well, on the other hand, if we didn't buy it they wouldn't have a
market, or a job...