Monthly Archives: August, 2019

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is requesting information and comment on Table 1 of the agency’s Respirable...

The National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA), the world's largest tile contractor association, hosted its 2019 NTCA Five-Star Contractor Annual Summer Meeting in Montreal, Canada. The...

New Haven, CT – One person’s unwanted shoes can help provide meaningful opportunities that many in developing nations need. Tile America launched a shoe...

QUESTION I am looking for an opinion. I have installed a 4˝x8˝ porcelain outdoors with thinset with 1/4˝ joint. I wanted to grout the old...

Revising Table 1 – now is the time to act By Tile Council of North America staff The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has announced plans...

NTCA simplifies DOL-approved “earn as you learn” opportunity  If you’ve been in the tile industry for any length of time, you know one of the most...

Humans spend 90% of their lives indoors. This means the architectural design profession must create interior environments with purpose, and specify materials that allow...

Swoboda Tile & Stone melds family tradition, industry training into successful business Six years ago near Omaha, Neb., budding tile setter Jake Swoboda (www.facebook.com/SwobodaTileStone) was learning...

QUESTION I have a customer that has a shower stall they would like updated…a little. New custom glass enclosure, new fixtures, and…a new pan? The...

At 18 stories high, Atlanta’s 7000 Central Park office tower occupies a prominent position in the city’s central perimeter skyline.  To reposition the tower as...