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Every decade moves design forward in leaps and bounds.

Flooring materials have no value until they’re installed and most flooring is installed with some type of separate adhesive, troweled or sprayed onto the substrate.

Architects, construction people and many flooring contractors seem to place an extremely high value on installing resilient materials with an epoxy adhesive.

Ceramic tile and stone is one of the fastest growing categories of flooring.

Even as advances in tufting, design and feel redefine soft surfaces, few floor coverings have the ability to appeal to your inner designer like hardwood.

“The housing recovery – and the flooring recovery – has begun. The question we should be asking ourselves is, are we prepared, and are we positioned for success?"

As one wag put it, “Certifications are like opinions; everybody has one.”

For the installation of vinyl-backed sheet products, manufacturers recommend the moisture levels to be at 80% as required by the ASTM F2170-02 “Standard Test Method for Determining Relative Humidity in Concrete Floor Slabs using the in situ Probes.”

Perhaps the most significant of all “floor trends” and one which will bear the most impact on our industry, is the size and direction of the U.S. housing market.