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The interior floor

Shahabad Cream

Pale off-white with a warm bone cast and very little movement. Produced honed, brushed or polished, principally for interior floors and wall linings.

Large slab of Shahabad Cream limestone, honed face, filling the frame
Close-up texture of Shahabad Cream limestone showing the grain at working distance
Texture at working distance. Dry, bone with grey clouding at the low end of the bed. Polished, the clouding softens and the field reads almost uniform.
Minimal interior room with a large-format polished Shahabad Cream limestone floor, daylight from a tall window laid across the surface
Installed. A quiet pale limestone floor at a landed cost well under the European pale limestones it is usually compared against. Not recommended for external use in exposed UK conditions.

Finishes

Shahabad Cream through 3 finishes.

Honed matte face of Shahabad Cream limestone showing a warm bone tone with faint grey cloudingBrushed face of Shahabad Cream limestone showing a soft directional grainPolished face of Shahabad Cream limestone showing a near-uniform pale field

Shahabad Cream

Brushed

Diamond-brushed after honing. Softens the arris and lifts a fine directional grain.

Drag the slab, or use the arrow keys, to move between finishes on one piece of Shahabad Cream.
Honed
Calibrated and ground to a flat matte face. The standard specification for external paving.
Brushed
Diamond-brushed after honing. Softens the arris and lifts a fine directional grain.
Polished
Progressive grit sequence to a close reflective face. Interior use only.

Formats

Sizes and thicknesses

Sizes, calibrated

  • 600 × 300 mm
  • 600 × 600 mm
  • 900 × 600 mm
  • 1200 × 600 mm
  • Cut to size to 1800 × 900 mm

Tolerance ±1 mm on honed, brushed and polished. ±3 mm on riven, where the cleft governs.

Thicknesses

  • 16 mm
  • 18 mm
  • 20 mm
  • 25 mm

Sawn six sides as standard. Bullnose, chamfer, drip groove and kerf slots to order.

Technical

Specification

Batch values from our most recent third-party test round. Certificates travel with each shipment.

Compressive strength
96 MPa

BS EN 1926

Flexural strength
13.6 MPa

BS EN 12372

Water absorption
0.61 %

BS EN 13755

Apparent density
2,578 kg/m³

BS EN 1936

Abrasion resistance
22 mm groove

BS EN 14157

Slip resistance, honed
38 PTV dry / 29 PTV wet

BS 7976-2

Slip resistance, brushed
52 PTV dry / 41 PTV wet

BS 7976-2

Frost resistance
Interior specification, not frost rated

BS EN 12371

Recommended use

Where this stone belongs

  • Interior floors, residential and light commercial
  • Bathroom and wet room floors, brushed
  • Wall linings and vanity tops
  • Stair treads with brushed nosing
  • Interior banding against Maroon

Packing specification

Crate
Heat-treated timber, ISPM 15 stamped
Crate footprint
1180 × 820 mm, 1050 mm high
Tiles per crate
30 m² at 18 mm
Gross crate weight
1,440 kg
Crates per 20 ft
12
Loading per 20 ft
360 m² at 18 mm
Protection
Face-to-face with foam interleaf, EPS corner blocks, steel strapping

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