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A Clean Slate: How Rough Slate Can Have a Clean Aesthetic

Architectural Ceramics

At Architectural Ceramics, we’ve prepared a quick read for you about natural slate, and our client spaces and collections that feature it. Natural slate on a mountainside near the Mosel River in Rhineland, Germany. Photo via Libby Turner Dickstein for Architectural Ceramics. It’s all sedimentary, we mean elementary.

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FCNews 2nd annual FCNnovation Awards winners

Floor Covering News

True Grout. i4F continues to drive innovation with True Grout on SPC/rigid core tiles and planks offering steadfast durability as well as a middle grout line mimicking two tiles in one. True Grout. This increased resilience outperforms both v-groove and traditional ceramic grouts in terms of wear and tear.

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Rigid core products fuel 2020 Product Guide

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Egger Flooring International, a Germany-based manufacturer with U.S. In addition, there is Republic’s new proprietary Pure Grout range of SPC vinyl flooring designed to recreate realistic ceramic tile floor designs. Ceramic and stone looks are also well represented in this guide.

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Fall intros: Key selling season touts hot new products

Floor Covering News

Made in Germany using a polypropylene and mineral composite, Elandura’s construction is free of formaldehyde, plasticizers and phthalates. The line also features integrated grout lines offered with a quicker installation. Its composition is waterproof, scratch resistant and boasts ultra-low VOC emissions. A SCENDANT.

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The Great Reveal: New flooring intros for 2021

Floor Covering News

Daltile’s expansive offerings run the gamut from ceramic, porcelain, glass, natural stone tiles and mosaics to extra-large slabs, roofing tiles and countertops. Sono Eclipse is a fully waterproof, PVC-free rigid core flooring made in Germany. Pure Grout from Republic Floor. Daltile’s Enlite. Republic Floor.

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Selling or Renovating? Blue Bathrooms (Like These) Sell for More Bucks

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Image: ABB Wanting something low-maintenance yet striking, the large and busy family that lives in this Frankfurt, Germany home chose to mix and match a light blue glass tile with a richer turquoise shade in a random pattern. The effect adds depth and hides dirt.

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Industry Disrupters 2022: Shattering the status quo

Floor Covering News

First up is True Grout for SPC/rigid core tiles and planks. The innovation allows the creation of a middle grout line that mimics two tiles in one. How it works: The grout is applied at the factory via the addition of a colored wear layer between the décor film and the core. That just allows you to do more and more of it.”.