Floor Covering News

JANUARY 14, 2020

—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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Diary of a Tile Addict

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Competitors fixed the tiles with BAL Max Flex Fibre and BAL Rapid-Flex One, and grouted with BAL Micromax2 Snow, including BAL Micromax Sealant for all movement joints. Dave Rowley, BAL Training Manager and lead judge for SkillBuild 2018 said: “Many congratulations to Odhran for winning a hard-fought final competition.

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CUSTOM Insights Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2016

These need to be kept clear and filled with a flexible 100% silicone sealant. With the lack of skilled tilesetters, the industry is seeing more failures than ever caused by lack of training. Inexperienced installers can have big challenges with properly mixing grout. That is why I always recommend Prism grout.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 4, 2023

Hands-on demonstration tables will focus on proper tile installation techniques for troweling, embedding tiles and sealants and will be led by CTI evaluators Jason Montgomery, Tom Cravillion, Matt Blood and Stephen Belyea. Wednesday, 12 p.m. Thursday, 12 p.m. Other demonstrations include: Tuesday, 10 a.m.

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Kitchen and Residential Design

JUNE 23, 2014

Social Media Training. For instance, kitchen tiles such as large ceramic tiles that feature deep grout can sometimes be a problem. Therefore, according to Yorkshire Tile, the grout should be finished with an antibacterial coating in order to ensure that bacteria cannot get deep into the grout and cause problems later on.

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StoneDimensions

MAY 23, 2014

The goal of this group would be to provide training for the Natural Stone Industry and create awareness to the Architectural and Design Communities. In June 2013, 15 Toronto based natural stone companies met at Picco Engineering to discuss the prospect of forming an MIA Toronto Chapter.

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