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Grouts, sealants help ease the task at hand

Floor Covering News

He recommended a rapid-setting, high-performance cement grout as well as a rapid-set, high-performance mortar. The Portland cement-based, polymer-modified grout is both freeze/thaw resistant and water repellent, and is open to traffic in just 90 minutes. This will prevent that from defacing your installation. Custom Building Products.

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Laticrete launches new acoustical underlayment

Floor Covering News

Sound & Crack Isolation Mat, a high-performance acoustical underlayment system that is said to muffle impact noises through ceramic tiles, stone and other hard surfacing materials. —Laticrete has launched the 170.5 Implementing an additional thickness option to our sound control and anti-fracture portfolio with the new 170.5

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Avente Tile Talk: Coverings 2013 Floors Attendees with New Tile.

Tile Talk

Coverings 2013 Floors Attendees with New Tile, Stone Designs. Coverings 2013 lived up to, and exceeded, all expectations as THE Ultimate Tile + Stone Experience. With that, more than 900 exhibitors from over 50 countries packed the aisles of the Georgia World Congress Center with the latest, most innovative stone and tile products.

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Kitchen and Residential Design: A Coverings preview

Kitchen and Residential Design

• Apavisa (Booth 2519) is heading to Coverings with Archconcept, a new collection of patterns in stone, metal and cement finishings that are inspired by the latest manufacturing technology and trends in architecture. The line is available in a range of 12 colors and a finish reminiscent of brushed cement.

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Did you know that all grouts are NOT created equal?

Making Tile Modern

Superior to cement grout. Contributes to USGBC LEED Credits: MR 4.1 & 4.2(Recycled StarGlass Grout can be used on vertical or horizontal surfaces in a variety of interior and exterior installations of ceramic, porcelain, glass, and natural stone tiles in a range of grout joint widths. . • Free of BPA (bisphenol?A)

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Did you know that all grouts are NOT created equal?

Making Tile Modern

Superior to cement grout. Contributes to USGBC LEED Credits: MR 4.1 & 4.2(Recycled It can be used on vertical or horizontal surfaces in a variety of interior and exterior installations of ceramic, porcelain, glass, and natural stone tiles in a range of grout joint widths. . • Free of BPA (bisphenol‐A) found in epoxy grouts.

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Green Building 2: Air Quality

H.Winter Showroom Blog

Florida Tile went the extra mile and to have their products certified for low chemical emissions by the Greenguard Environmental Institute , complying with the State of California’s requirements for low emitting materials and making their tile LEED friendly.