Stone & Surfaces Direct

Stone & Surfaces Direct: natural stone and porcelain for paving, walling and interiors

Stone & Surfaces Direct is a British supplier specialising in the manufacture and delivery of sandstone, limestone and slate from quarries in the UK and India. The company sells online a catalogue covering paving, decorative aggregates, walling, interior cladding and bricks, and presents itself as a member of the Stone Federation Great Britain, the official trade association for the natural stone industry.

Paving and slabs for outdoor use

The paving catalogue includes porcelain slabs, stone-effect slabs, slate-effect and travertine slabs, setts and edgings, as well as sealants and cleaners. In natural stone and clay, it offers riven Indian sandstone paving, limestone, natural slate, granite, schist and European limestone, natural stone setts and edgings, smooth finish sandstone, tumbled and antique effect sandstone, and stepping stones. The company also sells clay paving and organises the catalogue by sizes and patterns, such as 600 x 600 mm pieces in stone and porcelain, 900 x 600 mm, 900 x 200 mm, 100 x 100 mm and 200 x 100 mm setts, and natural stone and porcelain patio packs. The selection is grouped by colours: grey, Raj Green blends, beige and brown, black and charcoal, white and cream, rustic and buff, and yellow.

Decorative aggregates and construction materials

The aggregates and rockeries section includes natural slate chippings, limestone chippings, paddlestones, self binding gravel, decorative gravels, pebbles and cobbles, stepping stones, construction aggregates and winter aggregates. White and brown rock salt, boulders, monoliths and rockeries are also offered, with natural slate and limestone rockery kits. Products come in grain sizes from 6 mm to dust, 10 mm, 20 mm and 40 mm, and in bulk bag, 23 kg bags, packs of 5, 10 and 20 units, and 20 kg salt bags. The colour range for aggregates covers blue, green, plum, pink, charcoal and grey, and beige and cream.

Walling, cladding and bricks

The walling section includes natural slate, limestone, sandstone, stepping stones, gabion walling, Heritage Portland walling, wall cladding and brick slips, copings and stone masonry. Limestone, sandstone and slate copings, quoins, sills and lintels are sold. Available colours are red, blue, green, plum, beige and cream, brown, and grey and black, with types such as coursed walling and random walling. In bricks and slips, it offers slips and cladding, Heritage Portland stone, Heritage Portland stone bricks, natural stone bricks, Ketley bricks, clay bricks and Staffordshire Blue Ketley Class A bricks.

Interiors and finishes

For interiors, the company has natural stone veneer wall cladding, translucent natural slate veneer, metal veneer on a roll, slate and travertine veneer on a roll, concrete veneer on a roll and made to measure solutions. It also offers natural stone and clay tiles, such as limestone tiles, sandstone tiles, tumbled tiles, clay quarry tiles and porcelain tiles from the Astral Collection for interior/exterior, as well as accessories such as cleaner, adhesive and sealant.

Supply model and services

The company states that it supplies natural stone and porcelain paving, aggregates, gravel and walling products obtained directly from the source. By cutting out the middlemen, it claims to offer competitive prices without compromising on quality. Stone & Surfaces Direct delivers direct to the customer and offers free samples to try before you buy. Its partners guarantee that the products have certification for compliance with CE standards and declarations of performance for use. The company declares that all of its natural stone, decorative aggregates and paving products come from environmentally friendly complementary partners. It has a trade club for professionals and technical guides, blog and FAQs.

Featured catalogue and offers

Among the bestsellers shown on the site are South Lakeland Blue Slate Chippings 40 mm, Kandla Grey Porcelain Paving 600 x 600 mm, Heritage Buff-Brown Coursed Natural Sandstone Walling, British Plum Slate Chippings 40 mm, South Lakes Blue Slate Mixed Random Weathered Walling, Kandla Grey Porcelain Paving Project Pack, South Lakes Blue Slate Mini Mixed Random Walling, Kandla Grey Riven 18 & 22 mm Calibrated Sandstone Patio Packs, Brazilian Slate Porcelain Paving 900 x 600 mm, Tumbled Yellow Limestone, Red Cumbrian Split Faced Random Sandstone Walling and Lakeland Green Slate Mixed Random Weathered Walling. The page also announces special offers and promotions on porcelain, such as Pearl White Porcelain Paving 900 x 600 mm, and a selection of slate chippings and rockeries, such as South Lakeland Blue Slate Chippings 10 mm, Lakeland Green Slate Chippings 20 and 40 mm, South Lakeland Dove Grey Slate Chippings 20 mm, Welsh Charcoal Slate Chippings 40 mm, South Lakeland Blue Slate Rockery, South Lakeland Dove Grey Slate Rockery and South Lakeland Blue Slate Paddlestones. Prices shown include VAT.