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Karndean Designflooring unveils new Art Select designs

Floor Covering News

With new wood- and stone-inspired looks for its high-end Art Select collection, Karndean Designflooring aims to set the standard for premium luxury vinyl flooring. Sophisticated Design The woods and stones that inspire Karndean designs are sourced from around the world—forests and lumberyards to remote mountain quarries. Export, Penn.—With

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Back to Basics: Which material is right for my design?

Architectural Ceramics

Natural stone is harvested from quarries and then cut to various sizes. Some examples of stone tile include marble, quartz, limestone, slate, and granite. Unlike standard ceramic tiles, terracotta is often left in a more natural state though it can be sealed or glazed. Should you choose stone, ceramic, glass or something else?

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Why External Porcelain Paving is a Safer Choice for Your Patio

The London Tile Co.

Superior load-bearing strength compared to standard indoor tiles. Portico has a deep grey-blue colour with random marbling, inspired by quarried Cumbrian slate. Engineered for even thickness and sizing. Contemporary selection of colours and designs. Impermeable material resists stains, moss and mould.

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Metropolitan Mastery

Diary of a Tile Addict

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. If you are looking for innovation in wall tile design, the metro tile may seem an unlikely destination. Metropolitan from Colorker Group’s ZYX brand.

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Experiences of Buying Granite Worktops

Granite4Less

There’s tremendous colour and pattern variation both within a single piece of granite and between granite quarried from different parts of the world. Getting the quarry ready. Obtaining commercial blocks from quarry using dynamite. Inspecting the slabs to ensure that they meet the standards and high quality you deserve.

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Meet MIA President, Dan Rea

StoneDimensions

Revista Rochas de Qualidade (Quality Rocks Magazine) had the opportunity to spend a few minutes with Dan Rea, the 2015 president of the Marble Institute of America (MIA). This will make communication about industry standards much easier. An Introduction to MIA president Dan Rea and the MIA.

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Kitchen and Residential Design: Let me vent a little about Houzz

Kitchen and Residential Design

As I repeated constantly on my blog and on Houzz, there are no standard names for granite slabs. Natural stone is a natural product and even stones that come from the same quarry change radically over time. Granite will stain and marble much more so. Whats Uba Tuba in Florida is called Labrador in New York.

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