Professional installers must systematically address sound transmission, moisture issues, and uneven subfloors through careful project mapping and compatible product selection to ensure long-term flooring performance and avoid costly failures.
Q.E.P.'s new Roberts adhesives manufacturing facility in Dalton, Georgia represents the firm's largest investment in 15 years, strategically positioning the company for better East coast distribution.
Despite numerous opportunities for product and installation education through multiple channels, flooring professionals continue to make costly adhesive application mistakes by failing to research how evolving chemical formulations impact their specific projects and bottom line. Here, installation educators explain how they and the product manufacturers they represent are working to help prevent failures on the front end.
FloorScore certification, developed by SCS Global Services in partnership with the Resilient Floor Covering Institute (RFCI), ensures that flooring adhesives meet strict VOC emissions limits, contributing to healthier indoor environments and qualifying for green building programs like LEED, WELL, and BREEAM.
This aggressive transitional adhesive installs like pressure-sensitive adhesive but forms a permanent bond, offering superior plasticizer, pH and moisture resistance while withstanding heavy traffic and extreme environmental conditions.
Columbus-based adhesive manufacturer Franklin International marks its 90th anniversary in 2025. The fourth-generation family business has grown from a small local company to a global leader with operations in four manufacturing sites across 60+ countries, serving retail construction and industrial manufacturing sectors with its renowned Titebond® brand.
SikaBond-5900 is a premium grade pressure-sensitive, resilient flooring adhesive specially formulated to help minimize vinyl plank shrinkage while featuring maximum bond strength and the highest caliber tack and peel strength.
Sika-DriTac plans to introduce two new solutions for a wide range of resilient and flexible floor coverings, during The International Surface Event (TISE) running January 28-30, 2025 in booth 5945.