The 11th Annual Installation Awards celebrates skilled flooring installers in residential and commercial settings. This year’s winners showcased unique projects and challenges, and we welcomed several new faces to this year’s contest.
MAPEI Corporation's advanced sports-flooring products transformed the center court of the 2024 Red Bull Half Court tournament into a work of art designed by Carolina De La Cruz Rodriguez.
Moisture management can make or break a flooring installation. But with countless moisturemeters on the market, how do you choose theright tool for your projects? Floor Trends & Installation has published a comprehensive guide that cuts through the confusion, helping flooring professionals select the ideal moisturemeter for their specific needs.
Vendor partners at the National Floorcovering Alliance fall meeting in Washington, D.C., offered products and solutions designed to help these top dealers sell more floors in 2025.
CTEF’s Academic Director Scott Carothers urges tile setters to check the label and points out two of the most critical pieces of information to confirm prior to an installation.
Mannington’s SimpleStairs stair treads offer a seamless look for luxury vinyl flooring installations with treads that exactly match Mannington's AduraMax, AduraRigid, AduraFlex and Realta wood-look floors.
At the Starnet 2024 fall meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, flooring industry veteran Robert Varden introduced Advanced Flooring Technology's (AFT) new commercial carpet installation certification program, designed for non-union contractors. The three-day program combines training and evaluation and focuses on pattern correction, adhesive application, and technical skills.
Schönox HPS North America announced its extensive range of LEED-contributing flooring products that meet LEED v4.1 certification requirements for both interior and building construction.
This year’s awards, announced at the Total Solutions Plus conference in Boston, celebrate Juan “Junior” Mercado from Christian Brothers Flooring & Interiors as the Commercial Tile Setter Craftsperson of the Year and Jeff Occhipinti from Columbia River Tile & Stone as the Residential Tile Setter Craftsperson of the Year.