Industry veteran Greg Schmitz of Fishman Flooring Solutions, shares his thoughts on increasingly popular advanced tiles and some of the important considerations for installing them, including some newly introduced products that facilitate their installation.

To be prepared for a smooth tile installation process, installers should make sure to have a plan, and use the most current products best suited for the installation and jobsite conditions.

Your project is complete. Every tile is in place, the installation was done on time and under budget, to the exact specifications. Even the project manager is beaming. But, the owners are calling because their sparkling new tile has turned dull in just days.

The exclusive machining and sharpening of the Extreme Plus scoring wheel of Ø 22 mm from Rubi Tools offers an exceptional quality in the scoring of ceramic tiles with rough surface finishes and/or structured porcelain tiles (BIa) of high hardness.

The expanded TEC® surface prep line includes 10 new products in five general categories: self-leveling underlayments; skimcoats; patches; crack isolation systems; and specialty products, including wear layer overlayments.