Scott Carothers, academic director for the Ceramic Tile Education Foundation, solves the mystery of large-format tile terminology and explains how the established definition helped determine its subfloor requirements.
The National Tile Contractors Association's (NTCA) August tour will span 10 states and offer a comprehensive series of standards-based educational workshops and regional trainings for industry professionals.
Floor flatness is imperative to the success of a tile installation. Scott Carothers, academic director, Ceramic Tile Education Foundation, gives an example of a tile installation that does not adhere to the industry standard required for flatness and how that can impact the installer and the customer.
Britney Robles, Jeremy Moreno, Kierstian Chavez and Andrea Lopez come from a range of backgrounds. Here, they discuss how and why they chose installation as a career.
Scott Carothers, academic director for the Ceramic Tile Education Foundation, highlights how shoddy tile work around a bathroom drain in a restaurant could have been avoided if the tile installers had referenced ANSI Standards, industry best practices—and a little common sense.
The National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA) announces its June tour across 10 states, delivering an extensive lineup of standards-based educational workshops and regional trainings to industry professionals.
The Grabo Pro electric vacuum lifter works with glass, wood, ceramic tiles, metals and other flat materials, but it is also effective on dusty, semi-porous or rough surfaces.
As installers approach a floor tile job, there are numerous questions that need to be answered before the first tile is set. Is the floor substrate suitable for receiving tile and is it flat?
