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Grouts, sealants help ease the task at hand

Floor Covering News

“It’s important for exterior installations to be protected from the [prospect] of efflorescence,” said Ian O’Connor, product manager, grout, care and tools, Custom Building Products. He recommended a rapid-setting, high-performance cement grout as well as a rapid-set, high-performance mortar. Custom Building Products.

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Did you know that all grouts are NOT created equal?

Making Tile Modern

Seriously…All grouts are not created equal. More often than not, grout becomes an overlooked element within the tile installation process (why is that btw?). Grout is what seals everything together – literally. It’s kinda like the perfect marriage of tile and grout.

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Installing to Meet Moisture and Chemical Resistance Requirements

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

Love Downtown YMCA in Wichita, KS, contains more than 50,000 square feet of mosaic and large format tile. The 110,000 square-foot LEED®-Certified YMCA is the flagship YMCA for the city and is expected to serve 30,000 people annually in its state-of-the-art exercise facilities. The new Robert D.

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Did you know that all grouts are NOT created equal?

Making Tile Modern

Seriously…All grouts are not created equal. More often than not, grout becomes an overlooked element within the tile installation process (why is that btw?). Grout is what seals everything together – literally. It’s kinda like the perfect marriage of tile and grout.

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Kitchen and Residential Design: A Coverings preview

Kitchen and Residential Design

Such tiles have become a requisite for LEED-ID credit eligibility, and have won extensive recognition. • Florida Tile (Booth 3223) is touting Gallant HDP and PietraArt Stone Mosaics. The Stone Mosaics marvel with a wide range of colors, sizes and textures to complement all tastes and installations.

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Product Innovations

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

A soft to the touch, contemporary, rectified tile, Urban Wood enables the installer to use smaller grout joints which not only give the new tiled area a more monolithic appearance… the smaller the grout joint, the lesser the time and expense for future cleaning. and a >0.50 www.florim.com. www.laticrete.com.

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