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Natural stone 101: Understanding the basics

Floor Covering News

Lead times, maintenance, job lots from the quarrying should be comfortable for the retailer to walk someone through. Also, it has numerous visualization tools that can help retailers close the sale. There is a skill set in understanding and then successfully selling natural stone. Finally, its inventory is the highest in the industry.

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Quarry Tour Takes Industry to Elberton and Tate Georgia - Brings the Marble Institute of America and Elberton Granite Assocation Together

StoneDimensions

For years, the Marble Institute of America (MIA) has led study tours to quarries around the USA, Canada, and abroad. Environmental Protection Agency to produce two new scientific studies looking into the safety of granite quarry and fabrication workers with respect to radon and radiation exposure. monument production.

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Grouts, sealants help ease the task at hand

Floor Covering News

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. wide variety of indoor and outdoor projects.

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University of Ceramic Tile and Stone lowers tuition costs

Floor Covering News

This course is designed to give salespeople the tools they need in order to increase sales and avoid customer false expectations and more. The course teaches the basics of natural stone including terminology, the geology of the various types of stone, usage, how it is quarried, processed and fabricated. ITS Verification.

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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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Apuan Alps: White Marble

The Perfect Bath

There are so many kinds of stone, but for the purposes of this post I will talk only about the immense stone formations in the Italian Apuan Alps, discovered by the early Romans who began quarrying it using the most primitive of tools. The area has about 275 active quarries. The most well known stone from the region is CARARRA.

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Stone, A Timeless Choice

The Perfect Bath

Of course, he had to construct tools and corral thousands of men with their raw strength to haul huge blocks from the site. All of this was carved from stone excavated from nearby quarries. As the earth was formed, secrets were disguised in multiple layers beneath the surface. The early use of levers and fulcrums helped ease the job.

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