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Five tips on how to sell the right adhesive

Floor Covering News

Adhesives can be a tricky category, especially when it comes to a flooring sale. Luckily, adhesive manufacturers know just how to position their products to the benefit of the retail sales associate. Most retailers never get to the point of discussing sundry products that go along with the sale. It’s that simple.

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How to Safely Remove Stains from Cement Tile

Granada Tile

However, one of the most common questions we are asked is how to maintain cement tiles when dealing with stains. Like any flooring, many things can cause stains such as biological growth, food and beverage spills, ink, and inorganic materials. For optimal results, we suggest several commercially available products.

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How to Properly Maintain Your Laminate Flooring

Kitchen and Residential Design

If you have laminate flooring, then you would need proper maintenance to ensure it stays in pristine shape for a long period. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to give you various tips with which to maintain your laminate flooring. But before we do that, we will give a brief definition of what laminate flooring is.

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America’s Floor Source purchases e-commerce retailer

Floor Covering News

Jason Goldberg, founder, chairman and COO of America’s Floor Source America’s Floor Source (AFS) , one of the largest flooring retailers in the U.S., First and foremost, this fills a void that is a very important channel for our business,” he told Floor Covering News. “If That’s all they do.

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How to Install Floor Tile When It's Natural Stone Rather Than Ceramic

Ceramic Tile Education Foundation

If you're considering how to install natural stone floor tile, be aware that there's a significant difference between natural stone and ceramic tile especially when it's over wood framing. This is completely untrue and will many times lead to a very costly replacement. Let's explore in more detail.

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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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How to Install a Cement Tile Floor

Granada Tile

Installing cement tile flooring is a common request for many homeowners, interior designers and restaurant owners. Installing cement tile flooring can take some time to go from start to finishing. Depending on how particular you are about the design elements of your floor, this is often the hardest part about the entire process!

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