Floor Covering News

JULY 31, 2020

These documents should be used by anyone in the tile community from properly specifying a tile installation, to accurately bidding a job, to properly installing tile. Ceramic tile is a proven product with health, hygiene and safety benefits made for the post-pandemic renovation, remodel and new construction.

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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.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 15, 2020

In the two new 10-part digital video series, “Idea House Build: Cottage on the Cape” and “Idea House Build: Farmhouse in Fairfield County,” viewers follow along with the construction crew as they document everything from the groundbreaking to the home transformation journey.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

acquired Dalton-based Professional Testing Laboratory (PTL), a leading testing company that works with players across the floor covering industry. These include: carpet, underlayment, fibers, fabrics, turf, laminate flooring, ceramic tile, wood, LVT, SPC and other resilient flooring, vacuums, cleaning chemicals and automotive parts.

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Architectural Ceramics

JUNE 27, 2016

True wood floors are so warm and welcoming, but can’t handle humidity, water, pets, and kids like tile can. Ceramic vs. Porcelain Wood-Look Tiles. To understand the difference between a red clay, white clay, and porcelain tile, there is a document that lays out some specifications on our website here.) Chaa Creek.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

These hands-on sessions are designed to empower participants with practical knowledge rooted in ANSI standards and methods outlined in the Tile Council of North America (TCNA) Handbook for Ceramic, Glass and Stone Tile Installation. The post NTCA expands training initiative for 2024 appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 18, 2021

They might not have the widespread, mainstream appeal as other resilient and hardwood floor coverings that are so wildly popular today, but that by no means minimizes the positive attributes both flooring categories offer residential and commercial end users alike. Opus Floors. Pictured above is bamboo in Bordeaux.

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Ceramics of Italy

MARCH 17, 2021

The twelfth Grand Prix award welcomes architecture projects completed between January 2016 and December 2021 that have used Casalgrande Padana porcelain stoneware slabs for floor and/or wall coverings in any area of public or private construction, whether indoors or outdoors, new build or renovation. www.casalgrandepadana.it.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

AUGUST 13, 2013

Recognizing the need in the marketplace for a mortar that would deliver successful large-format tile installations, MAPEI has developed Kerabond T, a premium-grade, nonsag, nonslump mortar for use in thin-set and medium-bed tile installations on interior/exterior residential and commercial floors and walls.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 5, 2022

The resurgent laminate flooring category continued on its upward trajectory in 2021 as sales reached $1.304 billion, FCNews research shows. Barbara June, who took the reins as president of the North American Laminate Flooring Association (NALFA) last year, agreed. In terms of sales, laminate represented just 4.9% in 2016; and 6.6%

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Tile Talk

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Its unfortunate that this glorious form of art wasnt extensively documented throughout the ages. Labels: ceramic tile , ceramic tile design , decorative tile , exterior facades , floor tile , handmade ceramic tile , historic tile , Islamic architecture , Islamic art , mosaic tile , Persian tile , wall tile.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

In response to ceramic contractors’ needs for time-saving products, MAPEI has introduced Ultraflex™ LFT Rapid mortar to its line of fast-setting tile and stone installation systems. American National Standard Specifications for Sustainable Ceramic Tiles, Glass Tiles and Tile Installation Materials. New Rapid-Setting Mortar from MAPEI.

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Tile Talk

DECEMBER 18, 2012

The Preservation of our Tile Heritage The Tile Heritage Foundation promotes an awareness and appreciation of ceramic surfaces in the United States. The Tile Heritage library and research facility has a wealth of knowledge including books and slides about ceramic tile surfaces. ceramic tile. floor tile. backsplash designs.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Despite maintaining extensive product selections, logistics hubs and customer service centers, Amazon and Wayfair appear to be flying under the radar in the residential flooring business. We monitor traffic and closing rates in each location, and if we lose an order we document who won the project.” Friend or foe?

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 12, 2021

The popularity (and affordability) of laminate flooring posed a threat to the wood flooring sector when that new product category came on to the scene in the U.S. Over time, while laminate’s share of the overall flooring market ebbed and flowed, wood flooring held its ground. have wood floors somewhere in the house.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

JANUARY 30, 2012

My background is in art, but not in ceramics. Many county courthouses went up across this country in the 18 th and 19 th centuries where encaustic tiles were used on the floors. However, after 100 years of wear, you do see an impact on that floor. That’s an important thing to document. We were on the same page.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 24, 2021

laminate flooring market that hadn’t occurred since 2015— the category actually grew in terms of both sales and volume. FCNews research pegged laminate flooring sales at the first point of distribution in the U.S. of the total flooring market in 2019. of total flooring sales and 5.6% Case in point is Republic Floor.

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Granada Tile

JUNE 27, 2018

Filtering her cravings through the blog, it served as a platform for documenting her style evolution. The blog lives up to its statement of purpose — “living well with style and substance” — inspiring and informing her reader and documenting her finds through her well-focused lens.

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The Perfect Bath

MARCH 11, 2015

An early version of it is documented in the dwellings and public buildings of Pompeii and Herculaneum; archeologists found small chards of glass or stone embedded in cement-like floors. During the Renaissance, cement floors were meant to be an intricate works of art. I love cement tile. That is its’ great secret.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

JULY 24, 2012

One-on-One with Donato Pompo, Ceramic Tile and Stone Consultants. Most importantly, he is the founder of San Diego-based Ceramic Tile and Stone Consultants, and the University of Tile and Stone, a pre-eminent provider of education to industry employees and customers. Jeffrey Steele. TD: What did you learn from your father’s experience?

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 21, 2023

The consensus among the major resilient flooring suppliers is that once the dust clears, 2023 will see resilient sales down mid-to-high single digits. “A In fact, FCNews ’ Statistical issue showed just how important price increases were to the flooring industry in 2022. In terms of volume, the category saw just a 4.7%

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Tile Talk

JUNE 25, 2013

This year Wayne and I began a blog at our website for collaborations (http//nutmegdesignsart.com), documenting work in progress, our commissions and the process of being a Dynamic Duo. ceramic tile. floor tile. Flooring The Consumer. Architectural Ceramics: Tile+Mosaic. Architectural Ceramics: Tile+Mosaic.

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CUSTOM Insights Blog

JULY 13, 2016

When setting these large format tiles, it is the contractor’s responsibility to make sure the GC provides the appropriate floor flatness. A flat floor is especially important on a renovation project where old smaller tiles with large joints have been demolished and the substrate has been ground down.

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CUSTOM Insights Blog

JULY 13, 2016

When setting these large format tiles, it is the contractor’s responsibility to make sure the GC provides the appropriate floor flatness. A flat floor is especially important on a renovation project where old smaller tiles with large joints have been demolished and the substrate has been ground down.

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H.Winter Showroom Blog

JUNE 1, 2010

Post-industrial recycled content is found in the floor tile, not in wall tile or decorative pieces. Continual Improvement We will continue to lead the way in being an environmentally responsible manufacturer and distributor of ceramic and porcelain tile. This percentage of recycled content is sufficient for 1 point under MR4.1

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