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Product catalog summary
Introduction
Blue Limestone of Hainaut is a versatile and durable stone suitable for various interior applications such as worktops, floors, walls, showers, and furniture. Its elegance and durability make it a timeless choice that complements both contemporary and classic styles. The stone is noted for its natural beauty, ease of cleaning, and durability.

Passageways
This stone offers creative possibilities for enhancing passageways like halls, corridors, stairs, and lobbies. Its variety of finishes allows for unique design choices, making it ideal for high-traffic areas due to its durability and ability to hide wear over time.

Living Rooms
Blue Limestone's timeless appeal suits various interior styles and develops a patina over time, enhancing its character. It is heat-resistant, making it ideal for fireplaces, and can be used for floors, walls, chimneys, and furniture.

Kitchens
Ideal for kitchen worktops, sideboards, sinks, and floors, Blue Limestone is non-porous, resistant to stains and high temperatures, ensuring hygienic cooking conditions. It offers a range of shades and finishes for both modern and traditional kitchen designs.

Water Features
In bathrooms and water-related areas, its non-porous surface prevents water absorption, making it ideal for showers, baths, and swimming pools. Anti-slip finishes ensure safety, while its natural beauty adds a relaxing ambiance.

Specifications
The stone is available in various finishes and thicknesses, suitable for both indoor and outdoor use, offering a range of textures and shades.

Recommended Uses
Slightly textured finishes are recommended for water features due to their anti-slip properties, while polished finishes are suitable for walls and window sills.

Exceptional Finishes
Exceptional finishes like chiselled, sculpted, dimpled, or bush-hammered are ideal for creating unique environments, particularly in furniture and decoration.

Material Properties
Blue Limestone is non-porous, durable, and has excellent thermal conduction, making it ideal for underfloor heating. It is resistant to water, temperature changes, and harsh weather conditions.

Authenticity and Quality Assurance
The authenticity of Blue Limestone of Hainaut is emphasized, with visible fossilized crinoids. Carrières du Hainaut® guarantees the provenance and quality of each stone, providing certification with every purchase.

Maintenance and Care
To maintain the stone's appearance, it should dry for two to three months after installation. Cleaning should be done with baking soda or a natural stone cleaner, and a water-repellent treatment can be applied for additional protection.

Cleaning and Maintenance Recommendations
For regular cleaning, use clear water and optionally Marseille soap flakes. Avoid acid or chemical cleaning products. For intensive cleaning, use degreasing products specific for natural stone.

Environmental and Social Responsibility
Carrières du Hainaut® is committed to sustainable practices, reducing ecological footprints, and supporting local communities. The company uses solar panels and recycles by-products.

Durability and Quality
Blue Limestone is durable, non-porous, and has a long lifespan, suitable for recycling and reuse. It is locally sourced, reducing transportation impacts and supporting local employment.

Company Overview
Carrières du Hainaut® has been a leading quarry for over 125 years, known for its high-quality blue stone. The company employs 400 people directly and supports 2,500 indirectly.

Visitor Information
For more information or to arrange a visit, contact the Office du Tourisme at Soignies or Carrières du Hainaut® directly.
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Blue Limestone of Hainaut, a noble stone that will enhance any interior, be it contemporary, classic or 'cottage' style. The perfect reflection of your personality and character. Worktops, floor coverings, walls, showers and furniture decoration... everywhere it's used this timeless stone seduces with elegance. Its refined appearance and subtle shades are evidence of a nobility that stems from 345 million years of history. With its changing reflections, its irregularities and softened edges, Blue Limestone of Hainaut is the reflection of a cultivated taste for beauty. Naturally and decoratively...

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FLOORS – STAIRWAYS – WALLS DECORATIVE ELEMENTS – SHELVES © Osar | Finish : Sawn Finish : Flamed blue

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Let your style shine through from the very beginning. © BMT & associés - Atelier Thibault Terrible | Finish : Dark blue honed Blue Limestone of Hainaut offers numerous perspectives and creative possibilities to upgrade your hall, corridors, stairs and lobbies. Set a unique tone or, on the contrary, play on contrasts between different spaces. The variety of finishes, as numerous as they are variable, offers a wide palette of interplay between light, relief and volume. Blue Limestone of Hainaut is ideal for both floors and walls in high-traffic areas, where life and movement leave their footprint...

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© Jef Van Oevelen | Finish : Flamed blue © Razvan Oprescu | ClivEno® strips

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© Jef Van Oevelen | Finish : Flamed blue A timeless material that has never been so modern…

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© Tom Vercammen - Gert Cryns | Finish : Sawn - Chiselled Finish : Sawn Your entrance hall is the ultimate statement about you, your character and who you are. In a corporate context, the entrance hall experience reinforces your brand value among your visitors.

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© Isabelle Marrant - Ciguë | Finish : Sawn

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© Erik Martens & Partners | Finish : Dark blue honed © Jef Van Oevelen | Finish : Flamed blue An anti-gravel lath on your entrance door will help reduce scratches on your stone floor. Enhance the elegance of a Dark Blue Honed stone stairway with the added safety of a chiselled stepnose.

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© Razvan Oprescu | Finish : Sawn - BrickEno® split stones Finish : EnoSkin® Finish : Charred - EnoDesign® Add a unique character to your corridors with blue stone wainscoting in Chiselled or Charred finishes. This stone cladding is impervious to any impact marks and scratches from buggies, bicycles, trolleys, umbrellas, bags and cases, often clumsily banged along or against the walls. Scratches and shoe marks have no effect on textured finishes such as EnoSkin®, Flamed blue or EnoStyl®. These floors develop an agreeable patina over the years and are always safe to use, thanks to their light anti-slip...

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FLOORS – WALLS – CHIMNEYS – FURNITURE SILLS – DECORATIVE ELEMENTS — LIVING ROOMS — © BMT & associés - Atelier Thibault Terrible | Finish : Dark blue honed Finish : EnoPasso® Are you a fan of contemporary interiors with refined and straight lines? Or do you prefer something cosier? Or perhaps a classic style is more suited to your taste? Whatever your style, Blue Limestone of Hainaut offers a timeless look that’s never out of fashion. And it’s perfect for all styles of interior decoration and furnishing. A stone floor darkens over time, producing a delightful patina that simply reinforces the...

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© Eerdesign | Finish : Sawn in Opus Incertum pattern — LIVING ROOMS

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© Razvan Oprescu | ClivEno® strips © Joel Claise Architecture | BrickEno® split stones With its unique and varied surfaces, blue stone is the perfect material to turn the subtle play of light, chiaroscuro and shadows into a permanent and never-ending spectacle

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Blue limestone is the perfect surround for your fire. Heat-resistant and beautifully tooled, a ClivEno® or Chiselled finish will add unique character to your fireplace. — LIVING ROOMS — © Stuv | Finish : Chiselled - Flamed blue © Stuv | Finish : Chiselled © Razvan Oprescu | ClivEno® stri

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© Arts at Home | EnoStyl® dark tiling Blue Limestone of Hainaut blends elegantly with decorative materials such as rough timber, glass or steel. Whether you use the Sawn, Dimpled, Dark or Light Blue Honed finishes … any one will lend your interior the authentic, contemporary or warm style you’re looking f

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Finish : Dark blue honed © Van Daele | EnoStyl® dark tiling Blue Limestone of Hainaut, the choice for a stone with character. — LIVING ROOMS

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© Il Carpaccio | Finish : Sawn © Eerdesign | Finish : Sawn in Opus Incertum pattern

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© Lex Pott - Jan Reek natuursteen Finish : EnoDesign® © BMT & associés - Atelier Thibault Terrible | Finish : Dark blue honed Fitting blue stone in an original pattern will enhance your living spaces, lending a dynamic feel. Play around with optical effects and natural shades which are best adapted to each of your rooms. When placed on the wall, blue stone gives a unique character to your space. The inimitable EnoDesign® really comes into its own in this role... Blue Limestone of Hainaut is easily adaptable for a multiplicity of purposes. Use it as a decorative element, for example to enhance...

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Your kitchen is inspiring and warm, an environment where you like to take your time and discover authentic flavours of life... a place that is very much like you. Both simmering with ideas and utterly relaxing, it also embodies elegant, charming and authentic living. Just like Blue Limestone of Hainaut , and just like you. With blue stone, your kitchen takes shape. Over here we have the big worktop in Flamed blue stone, robust and non-porous, resistant to high temperatures. You can cook on it in confidence and in perfectly hygienic conditions. Next to it is the sink, beautiful in a Dark Blue...

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Finish : EnoTouch® © Van Duysen Architects | Finish : Flamed blue For worktops, sinks and other flat surfaces, use a smooth blue limestone or one with only slight bumps, such as EnoTouch® or Flamed blue. Blue Limestone of Hainaut is a non-porous stone and is therefore very forgiving when it comes to small accidents and spillages that are part of daily life. A living material, it develops a patina over the years and offers all the qualities required for a floor exposed to a diversity of stains.

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