Author: Admin
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Beating the Freeze: How Winter Temperatures Shape our Work at Fairview Farm
Behind the scenes in our curing room, where winter temperatures meet careful design and craftsmanship When winter really bites, manufacturing doesn’t get a seasonal pause. Over the past few weeks, as temperatures outside have dipped to a bracing –5 or –6 degrees, one part of our workshop has been working especially hard: the curing room.…
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Bring Your Flagstones to Life: The Finishing Touches That Transform a Floor
How to Finish Farmhouse Flagstone Flooring for a Timeless, Lived-In Look There’s something undeniably grounding about farmhouse flagstone flooring. It’s the kind of surface that instantly makes a space feel established —like it’s been there forever, quietly collecting stories underfoot. But the real magic happens after installation, when the finishing process brings out the flagstone’s…
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The Art of Dosing Our Farmhouse Flagstones
Measured to Perfection Dosing is one of the most important stages in the production of our farmhouse flagstones, as it ensures every stone is made to the correct size, weight, and thickness. The process starts at the hopper, where the flagstone mixture is transferred by a screw pump to the doser. Each dose is then…
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Just Like Baking a Giant Cake!
What goes into our Flagstones? Just like cooking a great pudding, crafting high-quality flagstones starts with a well-balanced recipe and the right ingredients. At the heart of our process are three key components: recycled aggregates (crushed stone), recycled sand, and cement. To this carefully measured mix, we add a touch of colour pigment to give…
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The Secret is to Start with an Authentic Mould
How do we make our Farmhouse Flagstones? We love to make. Our aim is to produce innovative solid surfaces and our range of stylish flagstones are virtually indistinguishable from real stone. Attention to detail is the key here! Firstly, we take a cast from a range of original old flagstones – this gives us our…