Les Carrières SAUVANET

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• The half-hard stone of Garchy-Malvaux

  Click on the stone to get a larger view : Garchy The half hard lime stone from Malvaux-Garchy can be employed for the ground floor or as covering, support, cornice, rebounding or elevation. *Margin of difficulty concerning the cutting of the stone (according to the AFNOR norm)= 6,5: half-hard stone *Impact resistance: from 170 to… Lire la suite »

• Characteristics

  During thousands years and in any great civilisation, the STONE – which was then only a raw product just extracted from the soil- was the major material among those which were meant for the construction of lasting buildings. France is the country in Europe which is the richest as for the deposits ; whether concerning… Lire la suite »

• Some good reasons to choose the stone

  Either for the Egyptian Temples, the cathedrales or even the « Châteaux de la Loire », stone asserts its qualities. Stone is making your image : If Nature is the mother of stone, it is through men’s actions that stone takes its definite forms, showing itself able to answer different demands. The fact that it is cut… Lire la suite »

• Sauvanet quarries : the business of a large quarry masters family

  Along the river of the Loire, an area well known in France for its vineyards, the Sauvanet family works the stone for now almost 200 years that is to say about 7 generations. Le nostre attività sono localizzate in due siti : The quarry of VERGER, situated in the village of Suilly-la-Tour (near Cosne-sur-Loire) was… Lire la suite »