FCI is pleased to announce the winners of its second annual FCI Installation Awards, honoring the best and most creative installations of the past three years in a wide range of floor covering projects for both residential and commercial settings.
Fall is nearing its end and winter is approaching, that time of year when the biggest flooring shows and markets get ready to showcase aisles upon aisles of manufacturers eager to unveil their latest products and get the 2016 selling season under way.
Subfloor preparation is one of the most important parts of any installation. As the saying goes: “What’s on top of the floor is only as good as what’s beneath it.”
Most installation professionals understand what crack isolation, anti-fracture and uncoupling membranes are for, but confusion still reigns on what the differences are among the products.
With the increasing prevalence of floating luxury vinyl floors and larger, thinner ceramic tile, the need for a flat subfloor is becoming that much greater.
INSTALL (International Standards and Training Alliance) issued what it called a “call to arms” to contractor members at its three-day 2015 Floorcovering Leadership Conference, which carried the theme of “The Future in Flooring” at the United Brotherhood of Carpenters (UBC) International Training Center in Las Vegas.
The North American Association of Floor Covering Distributors (NAFCD) and North American Building Material Distribution Association (NBMDA) saw a slight uptick in attendance, drawing more than 700 industry professionals—including about 170 exhibitors and 50 first-time exhibitors—to Dallas for its annual convention.
