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Monthly Archives: September, 2018
Mock-ups eliminate miscommunication and reduce install failure risk
Mock-ups are great tools for managing customers’ expectations, which in turn can reduce risk and lead to successful installation. Today, we’ll define what a...
The change order process – what goes wrong?
Subcontracts issued from the prime contractor (referred to as “contractor” in this article) contain very descriptive language regarding the change order process. The language...
Five Star Contractor Meeting in Nashville
Recently, the National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA) hosted its Five Star Contractor Summer meeting in Nashville, Tenn. The meeting, sponsored by Daltile, and co-sponsored...
Challenging mermaid pool and backsplash project
Handmade mosaic murals by Ruth Frances Greenberg required careful prep and attention to detail from Hawthorne Tile
Two challenging hand-made mosaic designs by Portland’s Ruth Frances...
NTCA offers UofCTS online courses for thinset standards, and basics of ceramic tile and stone
Business Tip - September 2018
Failed tile installations are not only disappointments and inconveniences to owners, and very expensive problems to installers, both in terms...
White marble turning yellow
Ask the Experts - September 2018
Ask the Experts Q&As are culled from member inquiries to NTCA’s Technical Support staff. To become a member and...
Caulking corners and Lippage issues
QUESTION
My biggest question is regarding plane intersections, specifically a corner where two vertical walls meet inside a shower. I know that we should be...
BELKNAP WHITE TAKES BEING GREEN TO THE SKY
Belknap White Group's Mansfield, MA facility retrofitted with 3,000 solar panels
Mansfield, Massachusetts. The Belknap White Group (BWG), one of America’s leading full-service flooring distributors,...
SUSLEYEN APPOINTED GENERAL MANAGER OF YURTBAY SERAMIK USA
Yurtbay Seramik, one of Turkey’s leading producers of ceramic tile materials, currently exports its comprehensive product ranges to more than 50 countries spanning the...
StonePeak: first US plant to produce gauged porcelain tile panels
New Continua production line aims to produce 1000 5’ x 10’ gauged porcelain panels a day
Crossville, Tenn. – On September 12, a group of...