With creativity at its core, Artro’s strength lies in its ability to adapt its look depending on the colour, laying pattern or jointing material used.
Inspired by the intimate scale of traditional European clay pavers, Artro brings the concept right up to date, providing inspirational options for any project.
Moreover, its trafficable performance makes it the ideal paving solution for commercial, city centres or residential schemes. Its advanced PrimeTop surface ensures it retains its original appearance for longer.
Artro draws on a range of laying patterns, jointing materials and colour mixes to create distinctive schemes with personality. Choose from Tobermore’s comprehensive range of paving sets and kerbs to add additional character to each paving scheme.
| Artro | Clay Pavers | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | More cost effective | More expensive |
| Availability | Readily available | Stocked less, longer lead times |
| Colour | Available in seven unique colours including a cool andwarm palette | Typically only available in traditional oranges, reds and browns |
| Colour Retention | Long lasting colour, Primetop Surface | Long lasting colour |
| Product Variation | Standard sized product | Size tolerance can vary due to production process (baking in kiln) |
| Repair | Extensively stocked with colour matching | Replacing clay paving or adding to an existing project can be problematic due to colour match issues |
Artro’s Traditional range is available in colours Heather, Bracken & Autumn.
Create a sense of timeless quality, authenticity and historic charm with these warm colour pallet tones. Lay in a herringbone pattern to re-create the aesthetic appeal of European clay pavers and benefit from its modern, trafficable performance.
Artro’s Contemporary range is available in Steel, Platinum, Slate and Carbon.
Its smooth finish makes it the ideal choice for cityscapes, retail and leisure complexes. The 80mm deep Artro blocks feature a smooth surface for a contemporary look, combined with the paving performance required for busy city traffic.
PrimeTop is the high performance feature which differentiates Tobermore from standard concrete paving.
Tobermore’s PrimeTop is manufactured with a premium, hard-wearing surface layer which adds significant performance benefits.
Every aspect of our product’s performance is researched and optimised to provide an excellent long-lasting appearance.
To meet the challenge of efflorescence, we have invested in manufacturing technology which enables us to produce virtually efflorescence free paving.
| Product type | Concrete Paving Block |
| Manufactured to | BS EN 1338:2003 |
| Surface Layer | Hard-wearing surface layer with a minimum of 4mm and >350kgs/m3 cement |
| Surface Finish | Smooth |
| Efflorescence | Minimum 12 hour vapour curing to significantly reduce the possibility of efflorescence |
| Strength | Typical tensile splitting strength of >3.6MPa |
| Slip/Skid risk | Extremely Low |
| Installed to (flexibly) | BS7533-3-2005 |
| nbs | Plus Q24 110 Create 45-20-64/400 |
| Applications | Refer to the relevant part of BS 7533 for the correct sub-base design for your application. Available from www.bsigroup.com |
| Energy used | 100% renewable energy |
| Water used | 100% from our rainwater harvesting system and groundwater bore hole |
| Recycled content | Not less than 12% |
| Carbon Footprint | 80mm 30kgCo2e /m2 |
| Recyclable | 100% of this product can be recycled |
| Manufacturing & Delivery | From one location within the UK |
 ratingwww.bre.co.uk | 'B' according to the Green Guide to Specification, 4th Edition 2009. 'A' can be achieved when used in conjunction with a prepared recycled sub-base. |
| Tobermore products are manufactured in accordance with an accredited ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management. Manufacturing facilities are accredited to ISO14001:2015 Environmental Management. The company publish environmental labels and declarations in accordance with BES 6001. | |
ServiceSure is Tobermore’s unique package of customer service benefits developed to ensure an efficient, consistent and streamlined experience. This unbeatable, seamless service follows your project from initial enquiry to delivery and beyond, keeping you fully informed at every stage.
You can trust Tobermore to fulfil your order on time and in full as agreed. This industry leading service is proven week in week out and for the past 5 years, we have achieved outstanding delivery performance with 99.3% of orders on time and in full.
Our specification team is on hand across the UK and Ireland to support you with technical advice, design support and samples. Tobermore’s comprehensive website provides additional access to useful information. This is backed up by a package of the industry’s leading specification tools including NBS Plus/Create and BIM level 2.
We always turn around quotes within one working day.
Every order placed with Tobermore is sense checked on receipt by one of our trusted advisors who will liaise with you directly to ensure quantity, format and delivery details are right first time. All orders will receive an Order Confirmation with clear product and pricing information.
With more stock on the ground and a faster turnaround on batch controlled orders we offer market leading availability on a full range of paving and walling products. Because we manufacture everything on one site we can combine mixed product loads for customer friendly logistics.
