Diary of a Tile Addict

JANUARY 27, 2020

Ceramic tile is not only beautiful, it is also healthy for your home. So states a Bulletin from TCNA (Tile Council of North America)s. The Bulletin notes that tile is also long-lasting, easy to clean, fire-safe, and offers many slip-resistant choices. Ceramic tile contains none of the formaldehyde found in some floor coverings.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2021

To validate that commitment, the company has introduced its first entirely carbon neutral tile with its collection Plaster 2.0. The company holds several certifications for its ongoing efforts in sustainability, including Green Squared, a multi-attributed ANSI standard. It’s time now to take responsibility.”.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

February 17/24, 2020: Volume 35, Issue 17. Las Vegas—Six manufacturers were voted best of class in the 2020 Best of Surfaces competition, a contest sponsored by Floor Covering News and Informa Exhibitions, which owns and operates The International Surface Event (TISE). Best Booth Design (over 1,200 square feet): Dal-Tile.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 10, 2020

Atlanta—Interface has placed in Fast Company ’s prestigious annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2020. This innovative program ensures that every flooring product Interface sells—carpet, LVT and nora rubber sheets and tiles—is carbon neutral across the entire product lifecycle.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The Ceramic Tile Education Foundation ( CTEF ) will celebrate generosity on Giving Tuesday 2020 by highlighting the opportunities available to provide education and installer certification programs for ceramic tile and stone industry professionals. “I Pendleton, S.C.—The Giving Tuesday takes place Dec. What is Giving Tuesday?

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Granada Tile

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Cement tile has been in use since the 19 th Century, but over the past few years, there’s been a resurgence in its popularity, and for great reason. Cement tiles are ideal for almost any area that’s not going to experience extreme freezing temperatures. Cement Tiles in Restaurants.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 10, 2020

Coverings, the largest international tile and stone exhibition and conference in North America, will expand on its digital experience, Coverings Connected. 26, 2020, hosted on Coverings’ website, and it will be followed by successive Coverings Connected experiences during 2020 and 2021. 23, 2021—National Tile Day.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 11, 2023

—Mannington Commercial announced that its operations located here have achieved International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14001 recertification. The Calhoun location manufactures commercial broadloom carpet, modular carpet tile, rubber and residential rigid core flooring products. million kWh).

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Floor Covering News

JULY 15, 2021

The Ceramic Tile Education Foundation (CTEF) created the Dan Hecox Service Award to be given out annually at Coverings. CTEF said Hecox’s passion, willingness to help attitude, commitment to the tile industry and tile installation excellence were beyond description. Orlando, Fla.— John Roberts CTI #1278.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 8, 2020

As one of the largest and most respected tile, marble and terrazzo installation companies in the country, David Allen Company is an award-winning flooring contractor known for high standards of professionalism, craftsmanship, integrity and customer service,” said Geoff Gordon, executive director of Fuse Alliance.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Patcraft has introduced its latest carpet tile collection, Artful & Textured. As a carpet tile with EcoWorx backing, the collection can be recycled at the end of its useful life to then be remade into EcoWorx flooring through the re[TURN] Reclamation Program. Cartersville, Ga.—

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

—CTEF, the Ceramic Tile Education Foundation, has organized an online auction to take place in October to raise funds in support of its mission, which the COVID-19 pandemic has severely threatened. EDT and includes more than 50 items of particular relevance to tile installation professionals. The online auction takes place from Oct.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

round from Cicogres is a collection of large circular tiles in stone, marble, and weave-effects. The size of the tile adds power whilst the curves provide softness and a warmth making it an incredibly effective range. Standard white metro tiles were given a lovely twist by Arklam. round from Cicogres. Melody from Codicer.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

round from Cicogres is a collection of large circular tiles in stone, marble, and weave-effects. The size of the tile adds power whilst the curves provide softness and a warmth making it an incredibly effective range. Standard white metro tiles were given a lovely twist by Arklam. round from Cicogres. Melody from Codicer.

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Tile of Spain USA

DECEMBER 29, 2020

If there is one material that can offer that complete package, it is ceramic tile. And this is an area where Tile of Spain manufacturers are relentlessly progressing in new production processes. Innovations in Spain’s ceramic tile sector do not stop at hygiene and strength. Keraben Grupo, Lifeker Plus+ with Mircoban®.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Tile textures have been all the rage for the past few years with companies exploring what can be done, and tactile surfaces adding an enticing element to interior design. Along with the traditional appearance of weave-look tiles was an array of panelling-style displays. Duran Evas Arena and Ceniza from Saloni. Passione by Platera.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Taking a break from traditional layouts, adding texture, and enjoying the hand-made chic of zellige tiles were all identified as being hot trends in 2020. Standard formats still maintained prevalence, and it’s now a common site for them to be presented in a vertical or stack layout. Harlem from Natucer.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

MAY 10, 2020

The collection features standard marble-look pieces in a range of sizes (740 by 1,480mm, 740 by 740mm, 600 by 600mm, 300 by 600mm, 300 by 300mm, 150 by 150mm, and 73 by 300mm), allowing the vivid veins to take pride of place. A new post by Hanna Simpson, Diary of a Tile Addict, May 2020. Ceramica Fioranese.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 26, 2023

Carlos Mongalo pioneered the NFCAP in 2020. Launched in 2020, the group offers an apprenticeship agenda registered with the Department of Labor. Its goal is to set standards within the flooring industry by training a new generation of flooring tradesmen who ultimately become professionally certified. Wauwatosa, Wis.—Bostik

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Diary of a Tile Addict

MAY 4, 2020

Over the next two months we will be continuing with our covering of Coverings due to its cancellation, maintaining the flow of tile information going world-wide. A new post by Hanna Simpson, Diary of a Tile Addict, May 2020. RE-TOUR Fog. As the name implies, RE-TOUR marks the return of the aesthetic of French rustic stones.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

MAY 3, 2020

Thankfully Diary of a Tile Addict can also do a little to help, and we have opened up our site to known and trusted tile brands, providing one FREE post over April, May, and June. Fossils, rings, and colour patches of varying intensity give life to the tiles whilst homogeneous decor is found through the natural tones.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In years past, Florim USA has shared winning booths with its parent company, presenting tile produced and distributed in both countries. The MileStone brand is centered on sustainable tile made in the USA,” said Rodolfo Panisi, Florim USA’s CEO. Recently, the brand released the first 32 x 32 tile manufactured in the U.S.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

MAY 8, 2020

Playing with grout lines, Zip offers unique decorative effects with shaped edges alongside its standard 600 by 600mm and 600 by 1,200mm pieces. Subtle texture and a matte finish emphasise the neutrality of the tiles, ensuring the decorative grout lines take pride of place. Zip Ivory White. Zip Ivory White. Zip Ivory White.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 5, 2022

Preliminary FCNews research shows the commercial flooring market totaled $6.488 billion in sales in 2021, an uptick of 6% over 2020. While modest, this marks an about-face for the sector, which fell just over 11% in 2020. School and healthcare facilities are also sweet spots for ceramic tile.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 15, 2021

close to 10,000 attendees showed up to view the latest and greatest trending tiles. “I Micah Hand, director of marketing and product development for Florida Tile, also noted the quality of attendees at the show. “I Tile market grows. Tile market grows. ceramic tile consumption was up 17.8% imported 532.5

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Diary of a Tile Addict

MAY 1, 2020

Iris Ceramica have released a wall tile collection that offer their own take on this theme. Taking the standard metro tile (a 100 by 300mm format) Blaze offers subtle natural textures contrasted with gloss with stylish results. A new post by Hanna Simpson, Diary of a Tile Addict, May 2020. Iris Ceramica.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

JANUARY 31, 2020

Product quality, design, innovation, Italian origin, and sustainability are all key components of the Italian ceramic tile industry’s success. The Italian tile industry has analysed the product’s environmental impacts over its entire life cycle by means of a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). of Italian ceramic tile production.

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Architectural Ceramics

JANUARY 11, 2021

Although already almost two weeks into 2021, we can’t stop celebrating the end of 2020. At Architectural Ceramics, our business revolves around our 4 Core Values that we strive to maintain and uphold throughout the whole tile process – Character, Community, Innovation, and Results That Matter. Top 5 Design Posts of the Week.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

As FCNews ’ 2021 Ultimate Waterproof Guide bears out, other categories—including laminate, tile and engineered wood—are benefiting by the waterproof/water-resistant craze that is clearly resonating with consumers. in 2020 vs. 2019. FCNews research showed resilient flooring was up 21.3%

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Diary of a Tile Addict

MARCH 5, 2020

The 140 by 160mm hexagonal hydraulic-look tiles mix-and-match eight designs that have patterns of varying simplicity. This design takes a standard set of squares and turns it into a wonderfully modern variation that is definitely worth a mention. A new post by Hanna Simpson, Diary of a Tile Addict, March 2020.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 18, 2021

By Ken Ryan If not for an anomalously bad second quarter created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the carpet category may well have celebrated an upturn in 2020 after several mediocre years. In the second quarter of 2020, residential carpet sales plummeted 23% in volume and 27.4% in dollars, according to FCNews research. billion in 2019.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Companies weren’t just mixing medias in their tiles to create incredible surfaces, many played with texture and detail for covering solutions with a difference. Azulindus y Marti showcased 3D relief tiles that had the appearance of square wooden cross-sections in various natural shades.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Mainzu ‘s Bali Stones Samui decor tiles take the standard tropical motifs and present them in slightly muted, earthy tones whilst maintaining a high level of colour. Finally Roca and Azulev ‘s jungle-looks focused mainly on the leaf patterns with tiles that had a faint aged effect and varied art styles.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Mainzu ‘s Bali Stones Samui decor tiles take the standard tropical motifs and present them in slightly muted, earthy tones whilst maintaining a high level of colour. Finally Roca and Azulev ‘s jungle-looks focused mainly on the leaf patterns with tiles that had a faint aged effect and varied art styles.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Companies weren’t just mixing medias in their tiles to create incredible surfaces, many played with texture and detail for covering solutions with a difference. Azulindus y Marti showcased 3D relief tiles that had the appearance of square wooden cross-sections in various natural shades.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 21, 2020

Tile Council of North America (TCNA), the trade association representing producers of ceramic tile, tile installation materials and related products in North America, has entered into what it calls a transformative collaboration to provide industry-wide material ingredient transparency. Anderson, S.C.—Tile rating system.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In 2020, Osterhout served as the chair of the NSI’s R.I.S.E. Arcot’s advocacy in the human rights space greatly complements the sustainable work practices that exist through NSI’s third-party verified Natural Stone Sustainability Standard (ANSI/NSI 373) and the NSI Accreditation program.

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