How can clouds blend into the sea to resurface among the rocks and green windswept paths? A naturalistic and almost surreal context, but a real one when visiting Normandy and its Manche peninsula. 

Owner of DiBara Masonry in Los Angeles, CA, discusses his four-generation, family built business, while also touching on important issues in the construction industry.

View some of the most popular grouts and mortars on the market.

With rising demand from industry stakeholders to improve our social impact and reduce construction’s negative effect on environmental health, building materials manufacturers have a unique role in providing sustainable solutions that both offer enhanced performance and create a better future. 

Meet artist, Robert Burns, a trained house painter and decorator, as well as tiler in the United Kingdom.

In this edition, we sat down with Spencer Lawler, owner of Solid Solutions in Brownsville, KY.

Sustainability has always been an important topic in the tile industry. Advancements in technology have paved the way for recycled tiles, installation products without VOCs and sustainable building solutions that reduce waste and energy -- all of which contribute to lengthening the lifespan of our planet.

Should you look for drying time or compressive strengths? Should you look for a system or for a product only? Unfortunately, there is no simple answer to these questions and the solution always varies from a job to another. 

Radiant floors may be toasty, but they can still be damaged by excess moisture in the concrete slab below them. Every time you install tile over a concrete slab, you need to make sure you’re not sealing in excess moisture. That doesn’t change for radiant floors.