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New Tech On Tile Demo! "Thank God!"

How to Floor Tile

A lot of dirty, dusty, and in the case of porcelain tile, often bloody. That came out with a Makita chipping hammer to bust up the tile then come back with another chipping blade to take up the thin set mortar. I would try to mitigate dust but that was almost impossible.

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Coverings 2023: Advanced Certifications for Tile, Hands-On Demos

Ceramic Tile Education Foundation

More specifically, CTEF demonstrated Sealants, Mosaics, and Troweling for Coverage, and Walked Through Gauged Porcelain Tile Panel Test for Advanced Installer Certification (ACT). If you did, we hope you visited the CTEF booth where tile installation education and certification were prominently displayed!

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Daltile offers easy tile demo solution, DemoFlex

Floor Covering News

Dallas—In its over 250 company-owned Sales Service Centers nationwide, Daltile is now selling Nue Tile DemoFlex underlayment to make removal of installed Daltile ceramic and porcelain tile fast, clean and easy. The post Daltile offers easy tile demo solution, DemoFlex appeared first on Floor Covering News. Daltile […].

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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. One of the most impressive highlights of the presentation was when one of the attendees was handed a hammer and invited to strike a piece of standard thickness porcelain tile.

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TISE 2022 unlocks myriad opportunities

Floor Covering News

Daltile’s new Sapphire Status porcelain large format tile caught the eye of judges and won multiple awards. The NTCA provided sessions covering skinny, geometric and large format tile in partnership with celebrity designer Jennifer Farrell and Emser Tile that crossed over for hands-on demonstration learning on the TISE Live Demo Stage.

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Bringing a Modern Country Look to an Old Farmhouse Bathroom

Architectural Ceramics

Seattle Bark Wood lookalike porcelain flooring. Architectural Ceramics was my top choice for tile because I really love the new trend of wood lookalike porcelain. By watching an instructional video, I learned how to take down a wall, remove a toilet, and essentially demo the entire bathroom on my own.

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Bostik to present at Total Solutions Plus

Floor Covering News

This is a great opportunity for us to introduce our new product to the contractors who are finding themselves working with larger porcelain panel systems on the exteriors of buildings,” Abell said. To register for the demo during TSP Virtual Conference, visit here. The Conference takes place October 26-30, 2020.

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