Advantages of Kota Stone Flooring | | | | Kota stone is a naturally available limestone with an elite blend of shades. It is usually available in the Kota district of Rajasthan state of India . Kota stone is well known for its attractive colors. However, the brown color is the popular. Other colors are - Black, Pink, Grey, and Beige. Physical properties like hardness, non- porous and homogeneity make it extraordinary from other stones.
Durable property makes kota stone more suitable for outdoor flooring
Kota stone is used in two finishes i.e. rough dress and polished finish. It is an excellent building stone for Pathways, Corridors, Driveways, Commercial buildings. It is also used in chemical industries due to its resistant properties.
Advantages/Benefits of using Kota stone flooring:
- Kota stone flooring is a fine, combine of magnificence and luxury giving used in the interior and exterior to enhance the look of the building.
Home exterior looks more beautiful with Kota stone flooring
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- Kota stone is hard, tough, oil resistant, and non-water absorbent, non-slippery and have excellent stone resolvability.
- They are available in slabs and tiles form and can be set in any pattern of flooring.
- Kota stone can be finished in various ways according to requirement such as Natural Cleft both faces, one side Honed, Both sides Honed, Hand Cut/Machine Cut/ Polished, Mirror Finish and Calibrated etc.
- Kota Stone is available in natural shades and it can be cut in to any size and shape as per the requirement. Look at the natural shades of kota floor:
Honey natural shade in Kota Stone
Green/Blue shade in Kota Stone
Brown shade in Kota Stone
- It is an excellent building stone for humid regions and freezing regions, and it is non-porous and non-observant to water.
- Kota stone floors are heavy and they are set on strong base of base coat.
- Kota Stone is the ideal flooring material in the building and out side the building to impart a stronger and luxurious look to the floors.
Ideal Kota Stone Flooring for Lobby/Corridors
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Minimal kota stone design is getting attention on stairs
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- It is the cheapest stone s among the other natural stones.
Kota stone are available in different sizes slab/ tiles of 30x30, 40x40, 30x60, 40x60, 60x60, 50 x50, 55x55, and 60x90 centimeters.
Cheap and durable Kota Stone Flooring for exterior flooring
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Porch/Sitting area floor is made of Kota Stone
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- Kota stones can be used in Exteriors, Pathways, Corridors, Driveways, and Balconies etc.
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| | By nayan - On 6/1/2011 9:58:26 PM | | a good introductory article but not much mention of water /energy saving tips and choice of constrction material. |
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| | By nayan - On 6/1/2011 9:57:37 PM | | a good introductory article but not much mention of water /energy saving tips and choice of constrction material. |
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| | By Anonymous - On 1/6/2011 8:22:20 PM | | Easy to know about kota stones. please send me the various images and modles of kota stone |
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| | By Anonymous - On 11/11/2010 1:55:27 PM | | bharat nagar |
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| | By Anonymous - On 11/11/2010 1:54:49 PM | | good |
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| | By Gunjan Utraja - On 8/18/2010 6:44:32 PM | You can visit the link given below:
http://www.gharexpert.com/articles/Kota-Stone-Flooring-342/What-advantages-Kota-stone-flooring-_0.aspx
Also you will find more articles related to kota stone flooring if you use the link given below:
http://www.gharexpert.com/category/1344/Kota-Stone-Flooring-0.aspx?PL=2&Estimator=
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| | By Ashish - On 8/18/2010 6:00:37 PM | | Hi, for more details on kota stone, you can also check www.kotastone.com.You can find detailed description on kota stone.You can even contact them for your needs or any other queries. |
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| | By yanons - On 7/4/2010 10:04:25 AM | Kota Stone is a fine-grained variety of limestone.The rich greenish-blue and brown colours of this stone are most popular. It is an excellent building stone. It is mainly used for Exteriors, Pathways, Corridors, Driveways, Balconies, Commercial buildings etc. It is also suitable for use in chemical industries as flooring, wall fixing & lining. Other colors- Black, Pink, Grey, Beige and etc.
Benifits:
* Tough
* Non- water absorbent
* Non-slip
* Non-porous
* Non Acid and alkali resistant
* Affordabe Prices
* Availabe in all Sizes
http://www.yanonshardwoodflooring.com/
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| | By B N SHANBHAG - On 7/4/2010 6:41:08 AM | | Good advice and knowledge to flooring |
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| | By basant kumar - On 7/2/2010 8:11:20 AM | | Kota stone is a limestone widely available in Ramganj Mandi, Dist. Kota. Kota limestone is available in four colors with various finishes. Kota Stone Physical Properties are- - Hardness - 3 to 4 on Moh's Scale (approx.)
- Density - 2.5 to 2.7 Kg/cm3 (approx)
- Compressive Strength - 60-170 N/mm2 (approx)
- Water Absorption -Less than 1% (approx)t
- Porosity - Quite low
- Weather Impact = Resistant. so it's ur choice u can take dis or thermal insulated tiles.bt my advice is for thermal insulated tiles.bcz thermal insulated tiles are better than kota stone flooring.
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| | By jyoti - On 6/27/2010 9:22:14 PM | KOTA STONE IS GOOD FOR OPEN AREA,BUT I WOULD ADVICE YOU TO GO THERMAL INSULATED TILES WHICH RESISTS HEAT TO COME DOWN.BUT THESE ARE RARELY AVAILABLE IN ALL CITIES. JYOTI AR& INTERIOR DESIGNER |
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| | By harsh - On 6/27/2010 4:58:24 PM | | which is the ideal flooring for house roof |
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| | By Anonymous - On 6/20/2010 9:54:24 AM | | Kindly indicate the cost oost Polishing on laying the Kota Stones. Also, I would like to know the life of the mirror polish and what would be cost of repolishing. |
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| | By Anonymous - On 6/17/2010 11:50:32 PM | | use ful site |
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| | By Anonymous - On 2/15/2010 1:27:31 PM | | provide some detail regarding the applocation part |
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| | By Pirzad - On 11/25/2009 5:48:52 PM | | Pls give sample design photos of layout eg in porch area to know how Kota stone looks. Be more discriptive. |
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| | By chitra Prasad - On 6/19/2008 12:52:36 PM | | Yes , I thing that is a good choice I am planing on doing the same. |
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| | By S .K .BHATT - On 5/16/2008 9:52:09 PM | | CAN I USE KOTA STONE AT GARAGE FLOOR |
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