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Top 10 Residential Tile Trends for 2020

JG Kitchens

I’ve enjoyed seeing those in Italy, Greece, Germany, California’s Central Coast and Mexico on trips. It looks like exotic stone, but is more affordable and easier to live with. What’s hot now for your home? Check out these top 10 tile trends for 2020 in my latest Forbes.com article.

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Chinese Tariffs and their Effect on the Tile Industry

Architectural Ceramics

for unglazed ceramic 10% for unglazed porcelain 8.5% for glazed ceramic and porcelain 2.7% It only impacted glazed and unglazed ceramic and porcelain. Now you know why China isn’t an ideal source of supply anymore for ceramic and porcelain tiles. An influx of porcelain tile factories in the U.S.

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Back to Basics: AC’s Ceramic Tile Collections

Architectural Ceramics

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. Machine-made ceramics go through several steps and processes, before resulting in two main types: thin-body or porcelain. glossy finish.

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Tile Trends 2015 : Variety is the Spice of Tile

Tile Talk

Last week was action-packed as I made my annual pilgrimage to Coverings, a trade show for tile and stone. Think of this as cement tile meets thin formats and ink jet printer techniques, Last year I saw wood-look, stone-look, and cement tile designs infused on porcelain tile. By Bill Buyok , Avente Tile.

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Industry News

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

Ames Tile & Stone, in Vancouver provided slab isolation membrane and the NuHeat radiant heating system to enhance the performance of the floors. The high thermal mass of our porcelain, paired with the efficient heating of NuHeat’s mats, provides the only heat-source required for the entire space with minimal energy input.

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STATS: Tile sales decline, comeback looms large

Floor Covering News

Spain, Mexico and Italy) were shut down due to COVID-19,” explained Eric Astrachan, execute director, Tile Council of North America (TCNA). were Mexico (17%) and Italy (16.6%), according to the TCNA. share and Mexico with 11.2%. dollar value were: Spain, Mexico, Italy, Turkey and Brazil. and as of May 2020, U.S.

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Ceramics of Italy names 2020 design competition winners

Floor Covering News

Stone-look floor tiles by Alfalux Ceramiche were installed in various colorways and configurations throughout the mall, serving as a way to visually separate and connect different spaces. Location: Monterrey, NL, Mexico. Distributor: Highstyle Stone and Tile. Distributor: Nemo Tile; Stone Source. RESIDENTIAL.

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