Floor Covering News

APRIL 5, 2023

According to Customs, as of March 4, $40 million worth of flooring has been officially detained, although some industry experts believe the number today is closer to $60 million or $70 million. Regarding flooring, it is estimated that 10% to 20% of PVC-based LVT emanates from XUAR, based on various reports.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 18, 2024

THF is a custodian of over 40,000 documents, more than 44,000 digital images and more than 4,000 American ceramic tiles dating back to the late 19th century. The post Lesley Goddin joins Tile Heritage Foundation board of directors appeared first on Floor Covering News. THF also maintains a blog-style website.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 4, 2023

Using Methods and Standards (one day, 8 hours): An in-depth study of the industry standards and methods documents and how to use them. Forensic Demolition (two days, 16 hours): Utilizes mockups that are deconstructed, studied and documented to understand how to remove it and what important aspects need to be recorded.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 11, 2022

To learn more about Crossville’s eco-leader efforts, the company provides complete sustainability documentation for products and processes on its website so that designers can specify Crossville with confidence. The post Crossville recognized as eco-leader appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Once the customer carefully chooses her new floor, the anticipation for the installation process begins. The quicker the new flooring can be installed, the better it is for both the customer and the retailer. Following is a round-up of the latest installation tools that can save floor layers both time and money. Lignomat USA.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The turn-key templates allow assignments and learning outcomes to be documented throughout the program, benefitting both student and professor. The post Natural Stone University launches internship bundle appeared first on Floor Covering News. Access the bundle here.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 17, 2023

CHPS Pre-Approved products simplify the process of identifying, specifying and documenting building products that meet rigorous health and environmental standards. The post Crossville products pre-approved for CHPS appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 4, 2022

According to the Natural Stone Institute, Cohen’s leadership has been well documented: serving as a speaker for both in-person and virtual education events, sharing his expertise with the industry and the design community. The post Evan Cohen selected as NSI board secretary appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Dalton—The World Floor Covering Association has released the following new guidance on PPP loan forgiveness. In addition, the allowable costs for rent, utilities and other allowable costs has to be documented and allocated over the eight- or 24-week covered period.

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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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Floor Covering News

JULY 10, 2023

This was a major development for the flooring industry as an estimated 10% of the world’s PVC originates from the Xinjiang region—and all of Xinjiang’s PVC facilities have documented ties to the region’s labor transfer programs, according to CBP. based Crest Flooring. “We

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 13, 2020

This process took two months from start to finish and included a documentation of how the association’s lab process complies with ASTM C97. The post Natural Stone Institute testing lab receives three distinctions appeared first on Floor Covering News. ASSIMAGRA S.TONE Network. ASTM C666 (and similar) Freeze/Thaw Testing.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 10, 2021

—RFMS established b2b connectivity with 52 flooring vendors as of May 1, 2021. RFMS said it is a charter member of the Floor Covering Business to Business Association (fcb2b) and is the first software company to become certified for all b2b transactions. The post RFMS reaches new B2B milestone appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Acczent offers transparency documents with a third party verified Material Health Statement, revealing ingredients at 100 ppm, as well as a product-specific EPD. The flooring is also part of the company’s ReStart take back program for recycling and landfill diversion.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Create Flooring, known for its array of innovative SPC, waterproof laminate and hardwood flooring products , has announced the opening of its sister logistics company, Downwind Logistics. The company can also provide clients with document handling pertaining to duties, entry or importer security filings (ISF).

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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. The post Coverings to host quarterly Connected event appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Oberlin, Ohio—The Natural Stone Institute published industry-wide ISO Type III environmental declarations, also called environmental product declarations (EPDs), for three applications of natural dimension stone: cladding, flooring/paving and countertops. on November 1-3, 2022.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Attendees will receive a document of course completion upon successfully concluding the training session, validating their commitment to professional development. The post NTCA expands training initiative for 2024 appeared first on Floor Covering News. To maximize the learning experience, each session is limited to 20 participants.

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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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Floor Covering News

APRIL 21, 2020

The guide will build on the industry’s early adoption of transparency programs by seeking to unify and add perspective to the nearly 1,000 existing product transparency documents already created by ceramic tile, mortar and grout manufacturers.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 16, 2023

laminate flooring category has been well documented. This phenomenon forced specialty retailers and distributors to fill the void with domestically produced laminate flooring. This phenomenon forced specialty retailers and distributors to fill the void with domestically produced laminate flooring.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

—RollMaster Software is now offering stand-alone fcB2B compliant Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) products for the sole purpose of automating transactions between vendors and dealers not currently using a flooring-specific software program with that capability.

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Granada Tile

JUNE 30, 2016

The cafe, located in Nashville, Tennessee, received a head to tail makeover that was documented on the Food Network. We’re not surprised that this diner’s made the new website’s top fifty breakfast lists. Somehow it seems like where you find Granada Tile Company’s cement tiles, you also find great food.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 16, 2021

Having the right tools is essential to a professional hardwood flooring installation. hardwood flooring industry is estimated at roughly $4 billion at the retail level. So it might come as a surprise to some to learn that more than $500 million is spent each year on repairing flooring failures. SELLING TIPS.

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Focus Floors and Furnishings

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

FOCUS floors & Furnishings has recently introduced vinyl plank flooring to its line of durable and beautiful flooring products, which also includes carpet tiles for residential and commercial installation. Vinyl plank flooring is a unique product that looks like natural wood. our room calculator ).

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Floor Covering News

MAY 7, 2019

Following approval by the Multilayer Flooring Association (MFA) and Resilient Floor Covering Institute (RFCI) board of directors, Harlan Stone, president of MFA, and Dean Thompson, president and CEO of RFCI, have signed an Asset Transfer Agreement. LaGrange, Ga.—Following

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Architectural Ceramics

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

While we can’t help you clean out your closet by purging, thanking, or folding your clothes, Architectural Ceramics can help you clean your tile floor or backsplash. Cleaning a porcelain tile floor like our Himalaya Collection , shown above, takes nothing more than a little routine vacuuming or a quick wipe with a damp towel.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 12, 2023

Shaw said it is the first flooring company to receive the Works with WELL product license, and as an early adopter has one of the first products in the world to receive the mark. ” The post Shaw receives ‘Works with WELL’ mark via EcoWorx appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 21, 2023

The move, according to some flooring industry executives, will place a lofty burden of proof on LVT suppliers to get products through U.S. As a result, CBP is now detaining PVC products such as vinyl flooring and asking importers to trace these items back to their originating chemicals such as chlorine, carbon and ethylene.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 5, 2022

Florim USA was awarded the WELL health-safety rating following the successful completion of third-party documentation review by GBCI to confirm it has met the feature specific intents and requirements. The post Florim USA receives WELL health-safety rating appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Flooring retailers knew us by five names and it doesn’t make things easy for our employees or anyone in the industry. We wanted to wave one flag that stood for innovation, change and helping local flooring retailers win.”. based Friendly Floors, a first-year member of Broadlume’s Flooring Stores United (FSU).

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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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Floor Covering News

APRIL 30, 2024

Hardwood flooring’s loss of market share to competing hard surfaces over the past 10-15 years is well catalogued and documented. The hardwood flooring sector continues to face stiff competition from look-alike product segments. However, NWFA leadership says now is not the time to retreat.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 30, 2024

Dalton—The World Floor Covering Association (WFCA) released a new “Tuesday Tips” this week. In this week’s “Tuesday Tips ,” Jeff King, WFCA legal council, reminds us that the most important thing to remember is to document everything, and talks us through navigating a claim.

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StoneDimensions

MAY 21, 2015

We need a document to help make our case to our supplier that we did not get what we ordered. A: Unfortunately, no such document exists, at least as an industry consensus document. We must understand that once the tile is adhered to either the wall sheathing or the flooring underlayment, it becomes part of that assembly.

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CUSTOM Insights Blog

MARCH 27, 2015

Tile contractors and specifiers have a growing number of concerns and questions regarding the installation of large format tile, such as surface preparation guidelines, mortar specifications, joint widths and more. Download the FAQ here.'

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

That couldn’t be truer, it seems, than when talking about waterproof flooring. The truth about waterproof flooring is that suppliers and dealers alike tout the draw it provides and commend its ability to get shoppers in the door; however, they will also warn against overpromising and underdelivering. Suppliers support the sale.

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