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Using Cement Tiles Outdoors: The Importance of Using a Top-Coat Sealant with UV Filters

Cement Style

The presence of cement tiles as floor and wall covering indoors is established and continues to grow as architects and designers find new uses that enhance their projects. To a lesser extent, the uses of these versatile, colorful tiles outdoors are slowly being discovered. Dry Treat Stain-Proof Impregnating Sealant.

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CTEF focuses on tile installer training, education at TISE 2020

Floor Covering News

The Ceramic Tile Education Foundation (CTEF), which provides education and installer certification for professionals working in the ceramic tile and stone industry, will focus on finished tile work education sessions and Certified Tile Installer (CTI) evaluator training at the 2020 International Surfaces Event (TISE) in Las Vegas.

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Patio Flooring Buying Guide

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

The best flooring for an outdoor patio is structurally sound, resistant to weather events and comfortable to walk on year-round. Ceramic Tile: Ceramic tile is a classic flooring material. Patio tile flooring should not be glazed, as the smooth finish on glazed tile could become slippery in rain or snow.

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Prevent Cracks in Tiled Surfaces Through Subfloor Preparation

CUSTOM Insights Blog

Tile installed in homes and businesses continues to get larger and larger. Tile 15”, 24” and larger make up the majority of tile installed today and these tile are considered large format, which is defined as tile 15 inches or longer on any side including plank shaped tile. Larger tiles need a flatter floor.

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SkillBuild Success Story

Diary of a Tile Addict

Odhran Connelly with his winning tiling creation at SkillBuild 2018. It is always great to see the tiling stars of tomorrow emerge, and SkillBuild and WorldSkills are two arenas where the cream can really rise to the top. At these events high level trade skills can be recognised, rewarded, and celebrated. What an opportunity!

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Coverings 2022 shines light on innovation, design

Floor Covering News

“The attendees and the exhibitors —and the world in general—are getting back to business, and face-to-face is really important in that engagement,” Jennifer Hoff, president of Taffy Event Strategies, the event planning company for Coverings, told FCNews. “I ceramic tile market. ceramic tile consumption in 2021 was 3.11

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The MIA Toronto Chapter Discusses the Nuances of Natural Stone Installation

StoneDimensions

The realization of this goal came on March 27, 2014 at Moscone Marble and Tile. The two events attracted more than 75 participants from 29 companies and featured discussions by Michael Picco of Picco Engineering, Mike Micalizzi of Custom Building Products and Rod Sigman of AquaMix. chapters installation newsletter'