This is part of an ongoing series to help educate both consumers and trade professionals with real answers to every day challenges in the tile industry. Q: My tile installer recently installed a brand new tile floor with in-floor heating. Now I notice my grout is blotchy and some tiles seem loose! HELP! A: Sorry [...]
My love affair with orange began many years ago. Being an Aries, I gravitate towards warm colors – red being, hands down, my favorite. But, orange spoke to me in a way that red did not. Evoking the same intensity as red, but infusing it with a jolt of energy, orange has become an old [...]
This is part of an ongoing series to help educate both consumers and trade professionals with real answers to every day challenges in the tile industry. Q: Several years ago I had a porcelain tile floor installed. About a year later, I noticed the tiles in the middle of the room starting to buckle. What [...]
Plymouth, MN, January 18, 2012: Olympia Tile & Stone USA, Inc. is proud to announce their expansion in the Wisconsin market with the asset acquisition of Lexco Tile & Supply, L.L.C., a tile distributor located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Lexco Tile & Supply has been serving the tile industry needs since 1970 as both a stocking [...]
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The Tuscan Leveling System™ is an innovative new two-piece (cap & strap) installation system that is revolutionizing the way the world installs large format porcelain and stone tiles. This innovative new system is designed to be used with tiles of uniform thickness (gauged tile).
We are happy to announce the arrival of a new line of traditional subway tile. Cristalli from Horus Art combines the classic shape of a subway tile, and pairs it with a closed crackled glaze to create a contemporary styled subway tile with the feel of another time period. This material is being stocked in [...]
Inspired by the natural stone from which it derives its name Bluestone features a field of soft earthen tones, enhanced by fossil-like impressions and the subtle pearlescence of embedded shells. In both natural and semi-polished finishes, Bluestone Porcelain Stone® tile imparts a classic, time-honored elegance to any space. Designed for both commercial and residential installations, Bluestone contains a minimum [...]
We are pleased to announce the addition of Silver Shadow honed marble to our extensive stone collection. Silver Shadow is a homogenous and consistent grey marble with moderate movement. We are offering this great looking marble in a variety of sizes and also in honed and polished finishes. Please check out our photo gallery at: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150334603031584.401282.284300106583&type=1
Celebrating the incomparable beauty of natural stone and glass, Crossville® introduces a new line of stone and glass mosaics called Ebb & Flow. Blending the two natural materials in harmonious, rhythmical patterns found in nature and in life. Beautifully versatile in both commercial and residential installations, Ebb & Flow comprises sheet-mounted 1/2″ x 1/2″ Mosaics, 1/2″ x 3″ Stacked Mosaics [...]