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

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

The NSF certification process includes a comprehensive documentation review and onsite facility audit to verify conformance to the standard upon which the Green Squared certification program is based, ANSI A138.1 American National Standard Specifications for Sustainable Ceramic Tiles, Glass Tiles and Tile Installation Materials.

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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 Version 8.0

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Queries and Quandaries: Stone Tile on Exterior Balcony

StoneDimensions

There is no industry document, to my knowledge, that mandates or even encourages the incorporation of an arris, yet it is far more common to include it than to eliminate it. When we specify to meet an average value, higher degrees of variability means that we have a lot of specimens that are significantly above and below the average.

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