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CTEF expands training, education

Floor Covering News

Ceramic Tile Finishing (two days, 16 hours): Explores with hands-on practice grouting, cleaning and membranes. Using Methods and Standards (one day, 8 hours): An in-depth study of the industry standards and methods documents and how to use them. The post CTEF expands training, education appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Tidying Up: How to Clean Up Different Tile Types

Architectural Ceramics

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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TCNA collaboration provides material transparency

Floor Covering News

This collaboration, covering the ingredients from which ceramic tile and cementitious grouts and mortars are made, will produce a Material Ingredient Guide that includes Certified GreenScreen Assessments of at least thirty of the raw materials most commonly used by the North American tile industry.

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

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

This mortar sets quickly, allowing grouting in three to four hours. Its nonsag medium-bed and thin-set mortar characteristics are ideal for installing large-format tile and stone on interior and exterior floors, walls and countertops. www.mapei.com.

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New Cuban Tile Collection Highlights Rich, Architectural Style of Historic Havana

Cement Style

The Villa Lagoon Tile Cuban Collection is available in twenty patterns which are presented in colorways exactly or similar to those seen on historical Cuban floors and walls. Installing cement tiles is similar to installing natural stone, with tighter grout lines and use of a sealant after the tiles are set.

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The Art of Quality Tile Installations

CUSTOM Insights Blog

When setting these large format tiles, it is the contractor’s responsibility to make sure the GC provides the appropriate floor flatness. A flat floor is especially important on a renovation project where old smaller tiles with large joints have been demolished and the substrate has been ground down.

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Roger Leasure Installs with Integrity

CUSTOM Insights Blog

When setting these large format tiles, it is the contractor’s responsibility to make sure the GC provides the appropriate floor flatness. A flat floor is especially important on a renovation project where old smaller tiles with large joints have been demolished and the substrate has been ground down.