Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 19, 2023

SELLING POINT : Lighter, more resilient and easier to install and maintain than genuine stone. Classen: Ceramin Ceramin tiles are the ideal alternative to ceramic and natural stone. FlinTile creates a 100% waterproof floor in three easy steps: Click, grout and clean.

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Architectural Ceramics

JUNE 21, 2019

Breeze through each one; from natural stone and cement, to ceramic and glass, we offer dimensional tile in a range of material types. At AC, we have a soft spot this hard-surface natural stone dimensional tile that mixes warm texture with cool sophistication. Want to learn more about natural stone as a tile material?

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How to Floor Tile

MAY 17, 2022

Although dot matrix printing has come a long way in creating a natural look in ceramic tile to natural stone and wood, there are some distinct differences in $6 to $10 a square foot porcelain and $2 to $4 a square foot material. What to watch for is fit and finish. New fixtures topped off a nice clean rebuild.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 31, 2022

Merkrete said its focus during North America’s largest ceramic tile and natural stone exhibition is to present high-performance solutions that reduce project times and allow installers to take on more business. Slake-free products are ready after a single mix, saving installation teams upward of 12 hours per pallet of material.

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Architectural Ceramics

OCTOBER 31, 2018

From ceramic to porcelain, and glass to natural stone, AC offers a variety of tile materials. But, our showroom sales associates and designers are also an amazing resource, who offer free design consultations to help you navigate your tile material and renovation options. Applying a sealant to an installed tile and grout.

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Architectural Ceramics

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Our sales team ( sales@architecturalceramics.com ) can help you by providing color swatch options and a rendering of colors you select with the pattern as well. To ease the grout cleaning process during installation, seal your tile before adhering to act as a grout release. Recommended grout joint is no smaller than 1/8.

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Architectural Ceramics

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

In the month of November, we’re thankful for Thanksgiving feasts, Black Friday sales, and the ‘Movember’ trend where men grow a mustache to bring awareness to men’s health. The dark grout ties the space together. The matte black natural stone tile grounds the space. Join our newsletter here.

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Architectural Ceramics

JULY 27, 2018

Through high-definition printing, porcelain tiles can mimic other materials like cement or natural stone that are typical of an outdoor setting. Natural Stone & Specialty Ceramic. Think about it, natural stone has been a natural choice in an outdoor application for centuries. Related Links.

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Tile Excellence

OCTOBER 27, 2013

fire place natural stone /tile installation in Lynfield mass. fire place natural stone /tile installation in Lynfield mass. Started out with a plain brick fireplace and using a natural stone tile transformed it into. stone and the top is 12 by 12s. the natural stone tile. Newer Post.

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Architectural Ceramics

MAY 25, 2018

If this blog is about porcelain, then why does the collection’s name say stone? Because porcelains like our Ancient Stone Collection , are made to look like natural stone. AC’s Ancient Stone Collection in the color Black, used in a commercial setting. It allows for an almost seamless look.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Mapeguard CI is a flexible, fabric-reinforced, “peel-and-stick” crack-isolation membrane that helps to prevent existing or future in-plane floor cracks (with movement up to 3/8-inch or 10mm wide) from transmitting through grout, ceramic tile or natural stone.

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Architectural Ceramics

DECEMBER 10, 2015

The use of a Gray colored Thinset can result in discoloration of the stone or the appearance of oily stains on the face of the stone. It would be prudent to recommend the use of White Thinset for all natural stone installations, but that may not prevent yellowing from occurring completely.

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Architectural Ceramics

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Even though many of our tile series is strong enough to hold up to the heat of fire, the adhesives and grouts used to set the tile are not intended to have that much exposure to an open flame. This look is simple and clean, supported by using one continuous material without all the grout lines smaller tiles create. Some last tips!

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Architectural Ceramics

MARCH 16, 2018

For a complete stain-free installation, consider sealing your cement grout. Better yet, use a stain resistant expoy grout like Spectralock. Or, to explore Architectural Ceramic’s full offering of in-stock and special order tile in ceramic, glass and stone, visit one of our DC-metro area showroom locations.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 13, 2022

i4F: True Grout. i4F is making its debut at NeoCon 2022 with i’s True Grout, designed to imitate the beauty of modern rectified ceramics for both floors and walls without its inconveniences, offering easier installation and maintenance as well as improved hygiene. SPC/rigid core tiles featuring True Grout are ideal for any room.

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Tile Excellence

JUNE 3, 2012

Economical shower waterproofing for ceramic tile, marble,slate.and all natural stone materials. Many times the mildew had eaten away at the wood studs in the wall and caused the grout to turn black from the inside out causing costly repairs and complete tear outs to redo the wood studs.In Newer Post. Older Post.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 5, 2020

Flooring retailers, including those looking to gain back lost dollars from the growing popularity of vinyl products, would do well to turn to tile and stone, which offers high dollar sales and high margins, according to suppliers at The International Surface Event (TISE) held in Las Vegas earlier this year. “We Boosting retail sales.

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Architectural Ceramics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

Don’t default to Windex because you’re cleaning glass, if you have unsealed white grout, it may turn blue over time. This natural stone collection features six distinctly different marble blends that create fabric-like patterns through hand-clipped mosaics. Join our newsletter here.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

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. “Dazzle was a big hit when it was introduced ten years ago. .”

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Architectural Ceramics

AUGUST 10, 2018

The cost is often a critique of natural slate. However, adding natural stone tile like slate adds value to any renovation. This backsplash, done in the color Sutra Black, is a grout-free stacked slate. Not only the finish but the pattern and size differ slightly from the other spaces in the home. Rustic Cladding.

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Architectural Ceramics

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

It is commonly done in travertine, because the pattern and natural stone both come from France. The crisp white tile and grout are a quiet backdrop to the skylight above. For further questions about our products featured here, or to place a tile order, please contact sales@architecturalceramics.com.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

JULY 29, 2014

Daltile donated a 12×12 floor tile and LATICRETE donated thinset mortar and grout. Daltile is an industry-leading brand of ceramic, porcelain, glass, metal, manufactured stone and natural stone tile products. For more information, visit www.mountainre-source.org or www.tpfh.com. About Daltile.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

JULY 24, 2012

Then I specialized in architectural and contractor sales, and specified and sold many larger architectural projects. I later worked as a sales manager for Laticrete International for seven years, before founding Ceramic Tile and Stone Consultants (CTaSC) on May 5, 2002.

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Architectural Ceramics

AUGUST 25, 2017

This collection’s features make it an easy option to mix and match with other natural stone or porcelain tile: 3″ x 6″ field tile with coordinating bullnose and trim profiles. Grout is used to allow for this expansion and contraction. clean, off-white color. glossy finish. an in-stock item*.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Many ceramic leaders agree that by the end of 2019 the category will have remained flat or declined by approximately 3% in both volume and dollar sales. Raj Shah, president, MSI, noted a slowdown in new home sales as well. New construction starts declined 11% in October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $696.3

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Making Tile Modern

APRIL 16, 2012

A few months back we welcomed Interior Designer Katelyn Bowman as our Trade Sales + Interior Design Specialist here at modwalls and she has been an amazing addition to our team. Do some online searches on material options: ceramic, porcelain, glass, natural stone, and cork to name a few.

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