Family quarry, Miriyan village, Chincholi taluk, Kalaburagi district, Karnataka
Shahabad Cream Limestone
The palest bed in the range. An off-white limestone used mainly for interior floors, where a honed or polished face lifts a room without the coldness of a white porcelain.
- Colour family
- Pale off-white
- Geology
- Fine-grained limestone, Kalaburagi belt, north Karnataka
- Primary application
- Internal flooring
- Water absorption
- 0.9%
- Flexural strength
- 9.4 N/mm²
- Wet slip
- No visible deterioration after 48 freeze-thaw cycles
The bed and how it behaves
Shahabad Cream is a pale off-white bed of the same fine-grained Kalaburagi limestone. It is specified almost entirely for interiors: honed for domestic and commercial floors, polished where a reflective surface is wanted.
Being pale, it shows soiling and staining more readily than the grey bed, so sealing and maintenance expectations should be set with the client at specification stage rather than after handover.
External use is possible in a riven finish subject to project-specific slip and drainage design; frost and absorption figures are set out below alongside the rest of the range.
Macro detail — pale off-white
Installed context
Recommended applications
- Internal flooring, domestic and commercial
- Stair treads and risers
- Wall linings
- Bathroom and wet-room floors, sealed
Polished finish not recommended for external use or unsealed wet areas; sealing recommended for kitchens and bathrooms given the pale colour.
Finish variants
Available faces
Finish changes the slip figure, the colour reading and the maintenance regime. The finishes page carries the full comparison.
Honed
Standard interior floor face.
Polished
Reflective interior finish.
Riven (natural cleft)
Available on request.
Sawn
Bedding and rear faces.
Dimensions
Available sizes and thicknesses
| Format | Dimensions | Thickness | Tolerance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paving slab | 600×600mm, 600×400mm, 600×300mm, random-width strip paving | 20mm / 25mm / 30mm / 40mm | Length/width ±2mm, thickness ±2mm to BS EN 1341 |
| Flooring tile | 600×600mm, 600×300mm, 400×400mm, 300×300mm | 15mm / 18mm / 20mm | Length/width ±1mm, thickness ±1mm to BS EN 1341 |
| Cut to size | Up to 1200×600mm on standard blocks, larger on request | 15mm / 20mm / 25mm / 30mm / 40mm / 50mm / 60mm | Length/width ±1mm, thickness ±1.5mm to drawing |
Cut-to-size production is quoted per drawing. Confirm achievable tolerance in writing before raising an order.
Technical data
Independently tested and declared
This bed has been through independent laboratory testing for strength, absorption, abrasion and slip resistance. Full test certificates are available on request.
| Property | Value | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| Compressive strength | 79 N/mm² | BS EN 1926 |
| Flexural strength | 9.4 N/mm² | BS EN 12372 |
| Water absorption | 0.9% | BS EN 13755 |
| Apparent density | 2,530 kg/m³ | BS EN 1936 |
| Abrasion resistance | 21mm wear depth (wide wheel, 250 revolutions) | BS EN 14157 |
| Slip resistance (wet, riven) | PTV 60 wet (riven) / PTV 38 wet (honed) | EN 16165 Annex C (pendulum) |
| Frost resistance | No visible deterioration after 48 freeze-thaw cycles | BS EN 12371 |
| Petrographic description | Micritic limestone, very fine even grain, minimal iron content | BS EN 12407 |
Packing specification
How it arrives
Crate detail and quantities. Quotations available to your nearest port or delivered to your yard, on request.
- Crate type
- Open timber crate, fumigated to ISPM-15
- Internal protection
- Interleaved with foam sheet, edge-protected with timber battens
- Pieces per crate
- 40–48 pieces per crate (600×600×20mm equivalent)
- Crate gross weight
- Approx. 900–1,050 kg gross per crate
- 20ft container
- 18–20 crates per 20ft container
- 40ft container
- 36–40 crates per 40ft container
- Marking
- Crate numbered, stone name, size, finish and net/gross weight stencilled on two sides
Approve Shahabad Cream Limestone on a sample before you commit to an order
We do not expect a first order without an approved sample. Ask, and we will arrange one, dispatched within a week of your request.
Related material
Considered alongside this stone
Shahabad Grey Limestone
Cool mid-grey Shahabad limestone, supplied riven or honed. The volume seller in the range and the closest match to the grey limestone paving UK merchants already stock.
Shahabad Maroon Limestone
Deep muted purple-brown Shahabad limestone. Rare within the belt and the most distinctive colour in the range.
Shahabad Cream Limestone · Pale off-white