In their excitement over the wide array of home furnishing colors, styles and designs available, homeowners tend to overlook some of the fundamental aspects of building or remodeling. One aspect that every ceramic tile customer should be aware of is underlayment.
You, the retailer/contractor, have just installed and finished (or recoated) a beautiful hardwood floor. The owner is pleased, which means that the final installation transaction ¿ your final payment ¿ is about to take place. It¿s ¿Money Time.¿
When I accepted this story assignment about the advantages to retailers of supporting laminate installation training for their installers, I expected my research to yield clear-cut and concise answers. But instead, that research uncovered a story with more questions than answers.
To help floor covering professionals compare various types of cushion, the Carpet Cushion Council recommends minimum contract cushion criteria for three levels of traffic. Cushion that meets these requirements can be expected to perform satisfactorily under normal conditions, when the proper carpet is used.
It is an anomaly when Disney World takes the no. 2 position on the “to do” lists of visitors to Orlando, FL. But from May 2-5, the Mouse and his cohorts were indeed a secondary consideration — at least to the more-than 20,000 visitors and exhibitors at Coverings 2000.
Obviously moved by their selection as the best of their respective industry product segments, manufacturer winners of NFT’s first-ever Supplier Service Awards have reacted to their individual accolades with a mix of gratitude, pride and dogged determination to maintain their high levels of performance over the years to come.
The World Floor Covering Association has announced the dates and locations of the 2000 Regional Installation Contests. Regional contest winners will be flown to Las Vegas from Jan. 31-Feb. 2, 2001 to compete in the National Installation Contest held during Surfaces 2001
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