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Why External Porcelain Paving is a Safer Choice for Your Patio

The London Tile Co.

Contemporary selection of colours and designs. Superior load-bearing strength compared to standard indoor tiles. Step seamlessly from inside you home to your outdoor space and feel like you haven’t left the room with these specially designed tiles in the indoor-outdoor collection. Engineered for even thickness and sizing.

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CEU: THE ART OF SPECIFYING NATURAL STONE

Realstone

CEU Course for architects & designers. This one-hour session is designed to give architects and designers an overview of how to specify natural stone. Is the quarry able to produce the sizes and quantities you need? Review resources to find more information about natural stone standards. Learning Objectives.

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Rigid core reigns with a focus on innovation

Floor Covering News

Suppliers across the show floor showed off their version of PVC-free, recyclable or eco-friendly rigid core options designed to intrigue today’s “Earth-conscious” consumers. Now we’ve taken it and we’re offering the same colors in a herringbone option—so a little bit more stylistic in design. Take Raskin Industries for example.

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New Options on Green Squared and an Innovative Mortar That Sets in Hours

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

NSF International, an independent global organization that writes public health standards and certifies products for food, water and consumer goods, now offers Green Squared Certification for sustainable ceramic tiles, glass tiles and installation materials. www.nsfsustainability.org.

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Meet MIA President, Dan Rea

StoneDimensions

The MIA is hoping to partner with several key companies to translate MIA’s Dimension Stone Design Manual into Portuguese. This will make communication about industry standards much easier. In 2013, the MIA conducted two additional studies to address radon and radiation exposure to quarry and fabricator workers.

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Porcelain Tile vs. Ceramic Tile

Tile Talk

Porcelain and ceramic tiles are very similar, especially when compared to cement tiles, quarry tile, glass tiles or stone. So, according to the PTCA, a tile has to meet ASTM C373 standards of water absorption to be branded as porcelain. View our Handcrafted Porcelain.

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A Note From Jim: MIA Focuses on 2015

StoneDimensions

MIA represents the entire supply chain with industry segmentation as follows: fabricator (42.5%), slab distributor (25.6%), quarry/producer (7.5%), equipment suppliers (7.8%), installers (5.8%), restoration (4.6%), consultant (2.6%), and other (3.7%). 2015 Initiatives / Goals. OSHA and Health Canada. and Canada). Version 8.0

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