Giving a facility owner a positive outcome on new construction or a remodeling project requires trust-based relationships. Itasca, IL-based flooring contractor, Diverzify, has earned the trust of Chicago’s Midtown Athletic Clubs by providing reliable expertise and materials on floor construction and renovation projects over several decades.

When discussing emerging markets and disruptive innovation, we find ourselves going to the news about FAANG (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google) or the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) countries. We think of technology companies, micro-chips, electric vehicles and space travel. We don’t normally associate this tip-of-the-spear innovation with one of the earliest materials developed by mankind -- tile products.

Do it right or pay the price. It’s an old saying that’s especially true when it comes to installing Gauged Porcelain Tile Panels (GPTP) over a concrete floor slab.

Gauged Porcelain Tile (GPT) was all the rave in 2014, but as time progressed and tile sizes continued to grow, Gauged Porcelain Tile Panels/Slabs (GPTP) emerged and has steadily gained traction ever since. With the rising popularity, many international and domestic tile manufacturers have developed new collections and designs specifically catered to this sector.

TILE Magazine has put together a collection of the newest underlayments and membranes that are available from both domestic and international manufacturers.

The International Surface Event (TISE): SURFACES | StonExpo/Marmomac | TileExp, the largest North American floor covering, stone and tile industry event, will be held at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV, from June 16 to 18, 2021. The annual event, which was postponed from its original January dates due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is one of the first, in-person U.S. tradeshows to take place since the beginning of last year.

In this edition, we sat down with Tommy Miles, owner of Old School Tile Company LLC in New Carlisle, IN.

In this edition, we cover all things Gauged Porcelain Tile Panels/Slabs (GPTP). If you’re a tile professional, I’m sure you’re quite familiar with these larger-than-life materials, which have gained a lot of traction over the last five years.

Adding heat to a tile installation is getting easier and easier. Yet, there are still some issues these well-known heat systems have not solved.

Dating back to the days of the Roman hypocausts, tile has always been the most commonly heated floor covering because of how inherently chilly tile floors can be and the room types where tile is often used (kitchens and bathrooms).