Stone, lime and the tools to lay them
Natural stone, lime mortar and hand tools, for the trade and for serious DIY.
Lime, because an old wall has to breathe
Natural hydraulic lime in three grades. Softer than the stone it holds, which is the whole point.
Shop lime mortarkerbside delivery, quoted by weight
on the UK mainland
and on unopened mortar
stone sawn for the job
Setts came on one pallet, strapped and labelled by size. Laid the lot over a weekend without a second trip.
Asked which lime grade for a damp cottage wall. Got a straight answer and a request for a photo, not a sales pitch.
The bolster set is the one I should have bought first. The hickory handle is kinder on the hands.
Sold the way the job is measured
Setts by the square metre as laid, mortar by the 25kg bag, tools by the set.
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About Brackmoor
Brackmoor Stoneworks is a fictional stone merchant, built to show how a trade catalogue works on Shopify: products listed in the unit the job is measured in, options that match how people actually order, and delivery terms stated before the basket rather than after it.
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Riven sandstone setts
Sawn six sides and riven on the face. Sold by the square metre as laid, in 100mm and 140mm.
Natural hydraulic lime mortar
Pre-mixed with a washed sharp sand and sold in 25kg bags, in NHL 2, NHL 3.5 and NHL 5.
Bolster and lump hammer set
Three bolsters and a 3lb lump hammer, forged and hardened. Hickory or fibreglass handle.
Which lime grade
NHL 2 for soft handmade brick and cob, NHL 3.5 for most solid stone walling, NHL 5 where the work stays wet.
Ordering setts for an area
Measure the area you are laying and order that figure. Setts are priced as laid, not by the pack.
Everything in the yard
Stone, mortar and hand tools on one page, with the delivery terms on every product.
Delivery
Stone ships on a pallet to the kerb, tools and mortar by courier. Free over £250 on the mainland.
Returns
Sixty days on tools and unopened mortar. Cut stone is made to your measurements and is not returnable.
Questions
Delivery, access, lime grades and returns, answered in the order people tend to ask them.
Questions
What does delivery cost?
Will the driver bring it round the back?
Can I send something back?
Which lime grade do I need?
How are setts priced?
Natural stone, lime mortar and hand tools
Brackmoor Stoneworks sells natural stone, lime mortar and the hand tools that go with them, to the trade and to people doing the work themselves. The range is kept short on purpose. Every product is listed in the unit the job is measured in: setts by the square metre as laid, mortar by the 25kg bag, tools by the set. Delivery terms sit on every product page, so the cost of getting a pallet to the kerb is known before checkout rather than after it.
Riven sandstone setts
The setts are sawn on six sides and riven on the face, which gives a flat bed to lay on and a textured top to walk on. They come in two sizes, 100mm and 140mm. Sandstone is a natural material, so colour and texture change from one sett to the next and from one batch to another. Where you can, order for the whole area in one go so the stone on the pallet comes from the same batch.
Natural hydraulic lime mortar
The mortar is natural hydraulic lime, pre-mixed with a washed sharp sand and sold in 25kg bags in three grades. NHL 2 is the softest, for soft handmade brick and cob. NHL 3.5 suits most solid stone walling and repointing. NHL 5 is for work that stays wet. On a wall built before cement, lime is the right repair because it stays softer and more breathable than the stone around it, so the mortar takes the movement instead of the stone.
Bolsters and lump hammers
The bolster and lump hammer set is three bolsters and a 3lb lump hammer, forged and hardened rather than cast, with a choice of hickory or fibreglass handle. It is the set for splitting and dressing stone by hand and for cutting brick and block on site. Tools can be returned within sixty days, so there is time to put the set to work before deciding.