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COVER STORY:
Technicoat & Mer-Krete
prove quality is best way to beat deadlines


If Ben Franklin were alive today, he wouldn’t have had to look any farther than the city of Las Vegas to prove his maxim of “time is money.” Read More

Old meets new:
mortar beds, advanced thin-set mortars and preformed products work together to simplify
shower installations

by Kevin McFadden, vice president,
construction products - product management, Bonsal American

Traditional mortar beds are not extinct. In fact, they are very much alive and used in most shower installations, as are technologically-advanced, thin-set mortars. Read More

Profit planning report:
free, fast and confidential
Survey results help you take your
business to the next level

by Lesley Goddin

The National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA) is offering its Profit Report and personalized Profit Improvement Profile free to members for its fifth straight year. The 25-page report is strictly confidential and conducted by Dr. Albert Bates and the Boulder, Colo. – based Profit Planning Group. Read More

Big D sponsors seven-city southwestern swing of NTCA workshops

The National Tile Contractors is proud to announce the sponsorship of seven live workshop programs by Big D Floor Covering Supplies. Big D, one of the leading suppliers of floor covering installation materials in the country, is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2007. The NTCA is enjoying their 60th year as a leading association in the tile and stone industry. Read More

MMSA BULLETINS NOW IN TILELETTER

This month, we start a new regular feature to bring you technical information on the methods and materials used in the business of setting ceramic tile and stone. Read More

IT'S BETTER IN BIRMINGHAM
NTCA holds winter board meetings at association birthplace
by Lesley Goddin

From February 28 to March 3, the National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA) conducted its winter board meetings at the luxurious Renaissance Ross Bridge Golf Resort and Spa in Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham was selected since it was where NTCA was born 60 years ago. Read More

RSMC declares april mold prevention month
Top 10 sources of information on mold prevention and control named by RSMC

Mike Poellinger, RSMC chairman called mold an “essential life force” and instrumental in creating desirable things like topsoil, cheese and penicillin. “But healthy homes and buildings should be kept mold free,” he said. “And the way to do that is to keep moisture at bay.” Read More

 
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