I am passionate about resilient flooring. It not only pays the mortgage, but it gets the creative juices flowing. I have spent over 18 years either working in or running technical departments, and like so many of us, I spent many years working on my knees while perfecting my craft. Like those of us who are passionate about our industry, I am very proud of my achievements, one of which was winning every category of the Floorcovering Fitter of the Year competition in the United Kingdom—still an unmatched achievement that I was honored to receive.
This may be surprising, but it has been argued that resilient flooring as a product was first created by people walking on animal feces in homes shared with sheep and other livestock to keep them safe at night. This compressed the “material” – creating a hard-surfaced and resilient floor covering, and although cleaning was not yet a consideration, it did undergo the first formulation change when mint was added for obvious reasons.