Floor Covering News

MAY 6, 2022

“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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Sealants Grout Cement Quarry 98

Garden State Tile Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

As many business owners and commercial contractors know too well, certain industries have particularly strict commercial flooring standards for the health and safety of the building’s occupants. Quarry Tile is a hard, paving tile made from ground minerals such as shales and clay. It is manufactured in Crossville, TN.

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Quarry Flooring Tile Grout 52

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

This mortar sets quickly, allowing grouting in three to four hours. MAPEI began developing rapid-setting mortars and grouts more than 20 years ago with the introduction of Granirapid® mortar, a faster-setting version of its premium Kerabond/Keralastic™ mortar system for indoor and outdoor applications.

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Adhesive Grout Standards North America 100

Diary of a Tile Addict

MAY 21, 2018

After all, this is one of the long-established staples of the tile retailer’s arsenal, alongside quarry tiles, black and white contrasts, and simulated marbles. The second is that this is a range that has clearly been designed to work with, and take advantage, of the current generation of coloured grouts.

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Quarry Grout Marble Sales 71

H.Winter Showroom Blog

JANUARY 15, 2015

The coefficient of friction measurement is an evaluation of a tile surface under known conditions using a standardized method. A higher coefficient of friction indicates increased resistance of movement over the floor tile. So what exactly does this mean? DCOF – Specifications when measured with the BOT 3000 per the procedure in the A137.1

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Flooring Quarry Standards Grout 40

StoneDimensions

MAY 23, 2014

The amount of water that is experienced by the surface, the pitch of the surface slope, the permeability of the stone, and the permeability of the grout are all factors as to what amount of water penetrates the bed. We also use standard deviation. The setting bed beneath the tile will achieve varying levels of saturation.

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Stone Standards Tile Meeting 40