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Stonemasons move their business into a quarry to save money

Posted by Landscape Juice on January 14, 2014 at 9:29am in Paving Materials and Advice

“At the moment we have no control over the sawing, so we cannot choose the exact sizes that we need, which leads to a lot of wastage in the workshop,” said Mr Teillant. “We also have to have the blocks delivered, which is an additional expense and wastes valuable time.”

Read the full article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/businessclub/technology/10569691/Stonemasons-to-cut-costs-by-moving-business-to-a-quarry.html

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    Phil Voice January 14, 2014 at 9:38am

    "Once installed in the quarry, the company will be able to buy uncut stone for £25 per cubic metre instead of £75 for the blocks they buy now."

    One can see the benefits;)

  • Steve London Stone January 14, 2014 at 9:41am

    Good on them. What they are doing makes perfect sense from a financial and operational point of view. We've considered it ourselves but it would mean moving our stone masonry operation to Yorkshire which would not really work for us

  • Steve London Stone January 14, 2014 at 9:43am

    They will though have to incur more processing costs to get the block into a usable condition and they will also see a lot more wastage. The biggest benefit I can see is the savings in haulage. For every load of stone we bring down from Yorkshire it costs in the region of £600

    Phil Voice said:

    "Once installed in the quarry, the company will be able to buy uncut stone for £25 per cubic metre instead of £75 for the blocks they buy now."

    One can see the benefits;)

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