Diary of a Tile Addict

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Odhran Connelly with his winning tiling creation at SkillBuild 2018. So many, many congratulations from Tile Addict to Odhran Connelly from Southern Regional College in Northern Ireland for his recent victory at the SkillBuild 2018 National Finals in Wall and Floor Tiling. What an opportunity! More at: [link].

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 8, 2024

Unilin: FlinTile FlinTile is said to create a 100% waterproof floor in three easy steps: Click, grout, clean. The easy installation results in what is said to be perfect grouting lines without spacers, even on top of existing floors. Urbanfloor introduces the latest additions to its signature Lifestyle collection.

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The London Tile Co.

JANUARY 2, 2018

Read on for more information about our Featured Tiles for January 2018. Made from hard-wearing porcelain, the edges of the tiles have been rectified to allow you to install them with narrow grout joints for a modern, semi-seamless look.

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Wet Room Tile Mosaics Porcelain 113

Granada Tile

DECEMBER 22, 2017

As 2017 slides into 2018 and the trend forecasting begins — what’s in, what’s out, what to keep, what to throw away — we were excited to see that tile remains high on the list of trends that Lonny editors want to stick around. We’re sure you’ll fall in love before the grout even dries.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

APRIL 18, 2018

The company’s stand will feature, among other new designs, King’s Star Blue; durable ceramic slabs which have four 83/4in (200 by 200mm) squares separated by scored grout lines. SomerTile suggest using a charcoal grey grout during installation to emphasise the design’s strong graphic appeal. Improving lives.”

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Flagstone Grout Porcelain Mosaics 60

Diary of a Tile Addict

JUNE 4, 2018

I have had a great feedback on my recent posts concerning the application of colour, and particularly coloured grouts, at the recent Coverings exhibition. This product can be used to fix and grout most materials, including porcelain stoneware, klinker, glass and metallic mosaic, natural and reconstituted stone, pebbles and even wood.

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France Grout Mosaics Adhesive 61

Diary of a Tile Addict

JULY 5, 2018

As has become more and more prevalent, with Bold grout joints are no longer just practical requirements or aesthetic defects, but can become refined elements of the overall design (above right). A new post by Joe Simpson, Diary of a Tile Addict, July 2018. Bold palette – white, sage, mustard. More at: [link].

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Diary of a Tile Addict

JULY 4, 2018

This is the time of year when tile manufacturers start to inform Tile Addict of their plans for Cersaie 2018. Note the coloured grout lines. Flaviker will be pushing back the frontiers of porcelain at Cersaie 2018, with new 12mm thick panels and its new Bath Design project. Hyper Dec Street from the Wide range by Flaviker.

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Porcelain Ceramics Bath Grout 49

Diary of a Tile Addict

MAY 21, 2018

The second is that this is a range that has clearly been designed to work with, and take advantage, of the current generation of coloured grouts. A new post by Joe Simpson, Diary of a Tile Addict, May 2018. This adds real impact at the point of sale … thus the prospect of a valuable extra sale for retailers. More at: [link].

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Quarry Grout Marble Sales 71

Kitchen and Residential Design

MAY 7, 2019

In addition, according to the 2018 Houzz Bathroom Trends Study , more than half of Baby Boomer homeowners are planning to renovate their bathrooms to support aging in place. Twenty-seven percent of those surveyed said personalization was their primary reason for investing in a renovation. For many people, the bathroom has become a sanctuary.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

JUNE 18, 2018

Today’s post brings together two design strands that have much preoccupied Tile Addict of late: concrete-effect tiles and incised linear patterns picked out in contrasting grout colours. A new post by Joe Simpson, Diary of a Tile Addict, June 2018. Matrice designed for Cedit by BRH+ (Barbara Brondi and Marco Raino?).

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

—The winning creation for Design ‘N Gather 2018 will be unveiled at the NoMad Hotel in New York City, Nov. Bostik's Dimension RapidCure was also specified as the grout […]. 11, at a private VIP event within the Cupola. What’s more, the winning design will be permanently installed in the Cupola using Bostik’s Dimension RapidCure.

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Architectural Ceramics

APRIL 26, 2018

From the shower pan to the grout, and everything in between, we’ve got you covered. Architectural Ceramics stocks a few of their products, a popular seller for example, is their grout. In 2018, it’s only natural that we move forward by going back to a more natural palette: Geometric Cement. The Extended Forecast.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

JANUARY 17, 2020

A wonderfully creative shade of purple was provided with Pantone’s 2018 Ultra Violet. Last year we covered Living Coral plenty, exploring the various ways the lively shade could be incorporated into interiors with tile, such as a creative use of grout showcased by Living Ceramics. Canton by Little Greene.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

MARCH 7, 2019

As if the incredible selection of Huguet’s terrazzo wasn’t enough, the company owners, Laia Herrera and Biel Huguet, decorated their Barcelona apartment with bespoke terracotta terrazzo grout. “Huguet Apartment / TEd’A arquitectes” [Piso Huguet / TEd’A arquitectes] 19 Sep 2018. Huguet Apartment. Photo Credits: José Hevia.

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Marble Terracotta Grout Trends 45

Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 27, 2019

The downward trend began in 2018, and the residential ceramic business slowed for the first three quarters of 2019. Gianni Mattioli, executive vice president, Dal-Tile Corporation, noted, however, the buildup of inventory, especially from China, during the last quarter of 2018 in anticipation of higher tariffs scheduled for January 1, 2019.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 30, 2020

The collaboration, covering the ingredients from which ceramic tile and cementitious grouts and mortars are made, will produce a Material Ingredient Guide that includes Certified GreenScreen Assessments of at least 30 of the raw materials most commonly used by the North American tile industry. Imports were also down 5.5% billion square feet.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

DECEMBER 30, 2018

We explored a lot in 2018. Let’s find out as we walk through a brief 2018 design trend recap. In 2018, there were no limits when it came to color. In 2018, there were no limits when it came to color. But 2018 invited us to blow the lid off our preconceived notions about color theory and have some fun.

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Kitchen and Residential Design

MARCH 14, 2018

The good folks at CR Brands have made me a Mean Green brand ambassador for 2018 and as such, I get to display the nifty Mean Green banner you can see in my right column and they sent me a collection of Mean Green products to take for a test drive. I spend a lot of time at home and I spend an undue amount of that time cleaning it seems.

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Meeting Grout Decking Products 42

Floor Covering News

AUGUST 10, 2020

The meteoric rise of the resilient flooring category can be directly attributed to the performance of subcategories such as SPC and rigid core, which doubled in terms of volume and more than doubled in terms of dollars between 2018 and 2019. million square feet in 2018. FCNews research found that the subsegment accounted for 37.1%

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Floor Covering News

MAY 21, 2021

The popularity and adoption of rigid core flooring—namely SPC—has grown by leaps and bounds since just 2018, and even today controls a large portion of the market. An increase in demand on easy-to-install products, such as grout-less mosaics or pre-scored tiles, also provides some relief,” she said. in 2020, which had commanded 21.2%

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 9, 2021

RevoTile is said to install two-times faster than traditional tile in three steps: 1) place underlayment, no mortar required; 2) click tiles together; and 3) grout immediately. No wait time and no acclimation is required. It has been designed as the quintessential DIY product. Taking ‘interactive’ to the next level.

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