Now in its fourth year, our Installation Awards program continues to honor the most creative installers and most interesting installations in a range of flooring categories, in both residential and commercial settings. In this issue, we will take a closer look at our commercial winners.
Flooring adhesives are an essential component of most types of installations. But what makes them function, why are some better than others in certain situations, and what are some of the latest technologies to help make the job easier?
Along with the three residential projects profiled in the last issue, the 2015 FCI Installation Awards honored four commercial winners in three categories: Mark Fenstermaker of Western Tile & Marble, Commercial Ceramic Tile/Stone; Fred Richardson of Cutting Edge Flooring, Commercial Resilient; and Lance Ortegel and Eric Ullrich of Lance’s Professional Installations and Inspections, Commercial Carpet.
End joint gapping/buckling of luxury vinyl tile and planks has been a concern for several years and has cost the industry more headaches, time and money than we ever thought it would.
Luxury vinyl flooring (LVF), including plank (LVP) and tile (LVT), has seen a resurgence in recent years, and can be found installed in both residential and commercial settings.
It is amazing how many millions of square feet of Vinyl Composition Tile (VCT) are installed throughout North America each year. It is also amazing how much misinformation there is out there about this important flooring product--particularly among end users. VCT provides excellent performance at a value price point; and when properly installed and maintained, VCT construction will provide years of durable wear.
The largest selling resilient flooring product in terms of square footage is Vinyl Composition Tile or VCT. It's inexpensive to buy and easy to install but like any other flooring product there are ways to do it well and ways to cut corners so the installation will not be as good as it could be. I see a lot of VCT installations in my travels, from schools to supermarkets to big department stores.
