Floor Covering News

JANUARY 4, 2023

Ceramic Tile Finishing (two days, 16 hours): Explores with hands-on practice grouting, cleaning and membranes. Installation Big Picture (one day, 8 hours): Looks at what it takes to be accurate from prep to finish by examining what the industry standards and methods are, why they exist and how to meet them. Additional sessions in 2023.

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Training Study South Carolina Ceramics 96

Floor Covering News

APRIL 21, 2020

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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North America LEED Tennessee Report 52

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

This mortar sets quickly, allowing grouting in three to four hours. MAPEI began developing rapid-setting mortars and grouts more than 20 years ago with the introduction of Granirapid® mortar, a faster-setting version of its premium Kerabond/Keralastic™ mortar system for indoor and outdoor applications.

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Adhesive Grout Standards North America 100

Cement Style

MAY 14, 2019

The cement tile collection is also available in any of Villa Lagoon Tile’s 85 standard colors. Villa Lagoon Tile’s Cuban Collection is inspired by a trip to Cuba that I took with my product designer to explore and document the rich heritage of cement tiles in the architecture,” said Lundy Wilder, founder, Villa Lagoon Tile.

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Cuba Architecture Las Vegas Cement 40

CUSTOM Insights Blog

JULY 13, 2016

The biggest challenge we see on jobsites today is a result of the move away from an 8" x 8" or 12" x 12" tile, to 12" x 24" being the standard and tiles up to 48" being common. As an installer, it is your job to understand the client’s needs and the public safety standards. What is the biggest challenge you encounter in the field?

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Tile Sacramento Standards Training 40

CUSTOM Insights Blog

JULY 13, 2016

The biggest challenge we see on jobsites today is a result of the move away from an 8" x 8" or 12" x 12" tile, to 12" x 24" being the standard and tiles up to 48" being common. As an installer, it is your job to understand the client’s needs and the public safety standards. What is the biggest challenge you encounter in the field?

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Sacramento Standards Training Tools 40

StoneDimensions

MAY 23, 2014

The amount of water that is experienced by the surface, the pitch of the surface slope, the permeability of the stone, and the permeability of the grout are all factors as to what amount of water penetrates the bed. We also use standard deviation. The setting bed beneath the tile will achieve varying levels of saturation.

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Stone Standards Tile Meeting 40