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Ceramic: Key requirements for a top-quality installation

Floor Covering News

All of our adhesives, mortars and grouts—everything that we use to bond our ceramic tile, porcelain tile—have limitations, either on the low scale or the high scale in terms of temperatures,” she explained. Are they flat within the standards we need for the type of tile we’re installing?” Ensure the subfloor is ready to accept tile.

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Thin Is In! (The New Technology in Porcelain Tile)

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

On wall installations especially, large-format, traditional thickness porcelain or ceramic tile can be a bit labor intensive. The variety of color and style choices available makes cladding exterior walls not only functional, but fashionable as well. Luckily for designers and installers alike, a solution has evolved!

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2015 Kitchen and Bathroom Design Trends

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

One of the kitchen trends this year will be to add more color and liveliness with cheerful backsplashes, lighting and appliances. The combination of these colors, such as gray and beige, is going to be a color scheme frequently used in 2015 kitchen designs. Black is going to be on of 2015’s go-to colors in kitchen design.

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Laticrete offers preview for Coverings 2021

Floor Covering News

The grout also aims to provide versatility and color consistency. Spectralock 1 exceeds all the standards under the ANSI A118.3, Multimax Lite exceeds ANSI A118.15, the industry’s highest performance standard for a cementitious-based adhesive mortar, and is lightweight for easier transportation. Training schedule.

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Avente Tile Talk: Artist Series Cement Tile Collection Grows with.

Tile Talk

This new collection, created by artists Guillermo Gomez Lama and Tania Marmolejo, boasts eight different designs, each presented with three color options. Guillermos research led him to train with Master Printer Marie Dormuth, with whom artists Andy Warhol, Peter Gee and Martin Mazorra received training in the art of lithography.

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“I Owe a Lot to This Industry”

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

Most CTaSC inspectors are seasoned installers with management experience, so they are great quality control inspectors who can also train installers on these jobs. Often tile installers don’t have the opportunity to get formal training in the industry. TileDealer: You provide some of the CTDA’s online training.

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Avente Tile Talk: Enduring Tile of the London Underground

Tile Talk

2013 marks the 150th anniversary of the first train journey on the London underground. To The Trains Tile Sign. design standards. Artisan Porcelain Tiles for the Pool. Across the Color Spectrum: Painting by Lauralee Klindt. Tuesday, August 27, 2013. Enduring Tile of the London Underground. Russell Square Platform.

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