CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Bold Color: While blue remains America’s favorite color, brighter hues are on the rise, as are sophisticated blacks and dark greys as “new neutrals” – particularly in marble-inspired looks. Inspired by the aesthetic of marble veining, patterns, shades and designs, the collection is available in two 6mm sizes and four colors.

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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. 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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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

MAY 9, 2013

TI-ProBoard® offers a Commercial Floor Rating and can be cut to size and installed with standard tools. Crossville has introduced Virtue, a new porcelain tile line that replicates the look and finish of marble. This finish is reminiscent of the smooth texture of a marble statue,” Waldrep describes. “We

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Diary of a Tile Addict

JANUARY 31, 2020

The assessment was conducted by the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and compared the total life cycle impacts of different types of floor covering materials: porcelain tile, carpet, parquet, marble, resin and linoleum. It revealed the superior environmental performance of Italian porcelain floor tiles. The EPD can be downloaded here.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

JULY 24, 2012

My father worked for Franciscan Tile for 30 years, and then purchased their San Diego location, renaming it Southwestern Ceramic Tile and Marble Company. All are involved in setting industry standards so we can avoid the negative advertising of problems and failures and ensure successful installations.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 9, 2021

Disruptive brands are the ones that set the standard for everyone else to strive to emulate. RevoTile is genuine porcelain tile offered in 26 marble, wood, stone and concrete looks. What has changed, however, is its strategy—and the arsenal of new tools the company is building to accomplish it with.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Additionally, its outstanding resistance to moisture allows for steam mopping, providing homeowners with a powerful tool to keep their floors clean, removing dirt, debris, and bacteria brought in by their pets. x 48, Lanston Oak boasts DryLuxe waterproof technology, setting a new standard for waterproof flooring solutions.

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Tile Excellence

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

But having run my business over 37 years based on honest ethical standards I decided the best way to address these. After an initially acceptable job on a simple marble floor, I had ** do a custom tile bath and an expanded marble floor. About 30% of the jobs that call me now I choose not to accept. FROM BBB AND YAHOO AND YELP.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 13, 2022

Stone Fiction field tiles are made in the USA and Green Square Certified to answer sustainability standards. It includes three plank styles—Mesa, Eben and Ferris—along with Zera, a companion carpet tile from Flor, that captures the infinite elegance of marbled stone in a square format. Econyl: Delos Azure Rug.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

JUNE 3, 2013

“This concept I believe has also caused a ripple effect into other market segments causing them to incorporate these universal design principals into their building design standards.”. Farrell Gerber, executive vice president of Tile Redi in Coral Gables, Fla.—maker maker of Redi Free™ barrier-free shower pans—concurs.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 21, 2022

The flooring industry was slow to embrace the use of digital marketing and online tools as a viable next step in the evolution of the industry. Setting new standards in manufacturing, education, sustainability. With the release of Signature Technology, Mohawk has reset the standard for the texture and realism of wood décors.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 18, 2022

“The Italians don’t make the best marble because they’re Italian,” quipped Wade Bondrowski, direct of U.S. They just happen to live in a region where marble is of the finest quality.”. Another aspect that separates the Canadian suppliers is our grading standards, which tend to be stricter than a lot of our competitors.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Considering white marble. newyoker tracing paper is a tool for recording and most importantly refining architectural ideas. It is a sketching paper but most importantly, it’s a tracing or better term, refining paper that allows you to work something out by layering tracing paper over it.

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Building Moxie

APRIL 30, 2017

Ideally, I should have taken the time to transfer those standard numbers onto the corresponding casing, with a wood stamp punch set (pictured at right). This primer acted in a way also as a “ show coat ” and especially at the top edge of rails, where marbling in the wood was present. One of the hardest tools to master.

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