Darren Nelson opened his flooring store, Veteran Flooring, in Brighton, Michigan, on March 11, 2020—four days before Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer shut down independent flooring retailers as "non-essential" businesses in response to COVID-19.
Skilled floor covering installers will tell you that with any floating floor installation, making sure the first row is straight is crucial to having an easy day, regardless of who makes it or what locking mechanism is used.
The newly formed National Association of Floor Covering Technicians, a non-profit 501(c)(6) trade association, announced its development of a trade association, comprised of technical flooring professionals, with a common goal to improve the flooring industry through training.
Aside from the ongoing risks of COVID-19 and the uncertainty surrounding the lifting of travel restrictions and bans on large gatherings, favorable market conditions for installers have allowed members an opportunity to make up ground lost during the quarantines as demand surges.
CTEF, the Ceramic Tile Education Foundation, has scheduled its first Certified Tile Installer hands-on testing event for 2021 at The Carpet & Tile Warehouse in Vero Beach, Florida on Saturday February 20th, 2021.
Coverings, the largest international tile and stone exhibition and conference in North America, announced it is accepting submissions for 2021 Coverings Installation and Design (CID) Awards and nominations for their Rock Star Awards.
What started as a private program for their immediate customer-base will now be available to anyone who wants to learn about a North American alternative solution for ceramic installation and waterproofing.
Filing a Construction Complaint is the last thing anyone involved wants to think about after completion of — or worse yet — during the project. As with all trade work, expectations and performance in workmanship and materials can be challenging and have different meanings for the different stakeholders of each job.
