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Ceramic tile for safe and sustainable homes

Diary of a Tile Addict

Ceramic tile is not only beautiful, it is also healthy for your home. Some VOCs emitted by non-ceramic building products can contribute to a wide variety of health problems and Sick Building Syndrome, according to various health experts. Ceramic tile contains none of the formaldehyde found in some floor coverings.

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Tackling moisture issues on concrete subfloors

Floor Covering News

Quinn Moisture issues in concrete slabs remain a serious installation bugaboo, contributing to floor covering failures costing an estimated $1 billion to mitigate annually, reports say. Carpet tile, on the other hand, gets its share of moisture-related problems also in commercial environments with cupping and adhesive re-emulsification.”.

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Scoring flooring: Industry stats for 2021

Floor Covering News

They also do not include stone flooring, nor do they account for ceramic wall tile, cove base and rubber accessories.). The company reported fiscal year flooring revenues of $4.952 billion, an 11.4% cor are sales of laminate/LVP, which, combined, account for 26% of the retailer’s business, company reports show. billion, up 14.4%

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Third annual FCNnovation award winners announced

Floor Covering News

LVT/Rigid core Unilin FlinTile FlinTile locking technology offers a click rigid floor (SPC) with an authentic ceramic look that is easy to install and 100% waterproof due to grouted joints. FlinTile addressees the most important downsides of ceramic tiles offering easy installation, lightweight tiles and s trong impact resistance.

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Laticrete names Millot CEO

Floor Covering News

” Millot will be supported by the existing Laticrete corporate leadership team, who will now report to him. Before being promoted to Systems CEO, Millot served as president of the ceramic division, and previously as vice president of corporate planning, strategy and finance of the high performance materials sector.

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STATS: SPC segment continues to lead the charge

Floor Covering News

When compared to ceramic tile, hardwood, laminate and other hard surface materials, resilient accounted for 50.6% million in 2020, according to a report from the U.S. The life cycle costs are also relatively low, without the need for adhesive and minimal maintenance requirements.”. increase from 4.564 billion in 2019.