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Showroom Renovation – Part 5

We are coming to the end of the structural work of our renovation project. A new staircase carcass has been installed and now meets current building regulations, display stands in both the ground floor and first floor showrooms have been installed and room sets are starting to be  laid out.  New unfinished staircase leading up to […]

Showroom Renovation – Part 4

Some major structure changes have been made over the last week, the dividing wall between the reception and the natural stone tile showroom has now been removed, and the massive job of re-wiring the whole of the downstairs has commenced, and things should start to look a bit tidier very soon. This additional space will allow […]

Unrivalled stock levels

This year as a company we have invested heavily in increasing our stock levels across our entire product range, especially our Premium European Porcelain paving. This has proven to be extremely popular among our regular trade customers and the retail purchaser alike. We put this down to the porcelain being such superior quality and due to our […]

Showroom Renovation – Part 3

Things have been progressing well with the Portsmouth renovation. All office staff are now re-located downstairs and the old first floor office has been extended and striped out. We are approaching the part of the renovation where our customers will really start to notice the changes, this coming week. The existing reception and showroom will […]

Why do paving slabs crack ?

Over the last 20 years, Natural Stone and Timber has been trading. On a few occasions we have had calls from customers with cracked paving slabs, they tend to first blame the product, saying that it is faulty. However, I can assure everyone reading this article that in every case we have dealt with, the cracked slabs are never […]

Showroom Renovation – Part 2

We are now at the end of week four of our renovation project and things have been coming along well, the new down stairs office space is nearly complete and within a few days this will be ready to move into. This new office space will bring our whole backroom office staff together with our front of house sales […]

Showroom Renovation – Part 1

This week has seen the commencement of the complete re-design of our head office at Portsmouth. We are creating additional internal showroom space to accommodate our new range of Porcelain Tiles and the increase to our Natural Stone Tile and Wood Flooring ranges. There will be an additional 600 square foot of space for tiles and […]

Cleaning Natural Stone Paving without Chemicals

In this article, I would like to discuss cleaning natural stone patios with and without the use of chemicals.  The most environmentally friendly way of cleaning your patio is using just water and a pressure washer. If water is not sufficient to clean the stubborn stains, then Natural Stone and Timber have products on the shelves in […]

How To Support Wildlife In Your Garden | Low Maintenance Tips

Over recent years the dominant garden trend is for low-maintenance gardens, this has become so important for people that in some cases all organic life has been removed and covered completely with paving slabs, artificial grass and plastic weed suppressant membranes. The picture above shows a modern low-maintenance approach to design, but with very limited benefit […]

thinking of selling your business ?

Natural Stone and Timber Ltd are looking to expand its branches across Southern England and are looking for suitable acquisitions of similar business to ourselves within this area. Over the last few years we have successfully acquired two local businesses, WH Berry and Son, which was established in 1921 and Worthy Sand and Ballast established […]