Harvest Grove, introduced by American Olean this spring, evokes the charm of rustic wood and brings an inviting linear design to floor and wall applications. Designed with Reveal Imaging, the collection is crafted from glazed porcelain and features a textured, grained visual, creating an inviting warmth and vibrancy. Available in four organically rich colors, Harvest Grove defines both residential and commercial settings with rustically chic appeal.
From the floor to the wall, Armstrong’s Alterna is adding style to spaces. Alterna engineered stone offers the timeless elegance and beauty of stone and tile and its engineered stone construction makes it tough enough to handle the hardest working rooms. Offered in a wide variety of styles, including marble, travertine, slate and urban-inspired designs featuring weathered metal, concrete and linen, Armstrong continues to expand the collection to provide endless design possibilities.
Aspecta by Metroflor has unveiled its second LVT flooring range. The Aspecta Ten collection combines advanced technologies in a floating floor system that matches the look of natural wood and stone finishes. With 24 planks and 10 tiles, in designs that span from dramatic dark wood tones, rich urban concrete, and unique time-enhanced leather, Aspecta Ten provides a wide range of design possibilities. Backed by ISOCORE Technology, which is made with an extruded, closed-cell vinyl construction, Aspecta Ten is highly durable and easy to install.
Shaw’s Tuftex premier brand has introduced the Stainmaster PetProtect Signature and Classics lines. These Stainmaster PetProtect products effortlessly resist soil accumulation and prevent the absorption of difficult pet stains. Tuftex’s Signature collection pulls from West Coast inspiration with a national influence to offer a wide range of styles, while Tuftex’s Classics line offers ‘tried and true’ products with universal appeal. These latest additions highlight the brand’s reputation of innovative color, design and quality.
Included in the latest collections displayed by MS International (MSI) at Coverings this year was Kenzzi Porcelain. With roughly 25,000 people in attendance, Covering’s provided an exciting place to showcase the collection’s timeless look of encaustic tiles in stylized flowers and mod geometrics in floor and wall tiles. Kenzzi speaks to the continued trend toward more geometric patterns, as MSI focuses on next-generation design trends that combine high-quality materials with innovative technology.
An authentic reproduction of 12-inch encaustic tiles used throughout Europe for centuries, Mannington’s Deco features a dramatic large format pattern based on the beautiful symmetry of intertwined florals. This product is available in both traditional resilient felt-back as well as fiberglass luxury vinyl sheet (LVS).
FloorFolio’s EnviroQuiet II LVT has all the same benefits of the original EnviroQuiet without the delays incurred to acclimate the product to ideal job site conditions. This glue-down product is composed of 3.2 mm thick rigid LVT adhered to 3mm thick acoustical backing, yielding an overall thickness of 6.2 mm.
Custom Building Products strengthened its line of award-winning Aqua Mix tile and stone care products with a focus on grout haze prevention and removal. Aqua Mix Cement Grout Haze Remover and Aqua Mix Non-Cement Grout Haze Remover helps installers avoid or address costly and time-consuming call backs associated with grout residue on tile and stone.
Schluter-Systems has developed three new thin-set mortars for ceramic and stone tile installation. SET unmodified thin-set mortar, ALL-SET modified thin-set mortar and FAST-SET rapid-setting modified thin-set mortar have been specifically formulated for Schluter membranes and boards, and allow installers to use a single source for their tile installation systems, with guaranteed product compatibility.
MAPEI introduced its Flexcolor 3D grout collection this year at Coverings. Designed to give designers the opportunity to add multi-faceted effects to their tile options for clients, Flexcolor 3D is a professional-grade, ready-to-use (RTU) translucent specialty grout with an “iridescent effect” finish. Its translucent characteristics not only reflect but also refract light. This allows the grout to transition in color to complement the tile color. Flexcolor 3D’s nearly translucent neutral base, Crystal Moon, takes on the color of whatever tiles surround the grout joint, and the other nine color effects in the collection possess an iridescent quality that shines through gold, silver and copper metallic hues.
Independent third-party testing has confirmed that Laticrete Supercap can help contractors and installers comply with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) new workplace standards that reduces the allowable amount of exposure to respirable crystalline silica dust in construction projects. The self-leveling underlayments are pumped into a building using a mobile blending truck, eliminating any dry material from entering the interior of the jobsite and the need for workers to haul and manually open individual bags and pumping equipment.
