Wikipedia defines a mockup as follows: “In manufacturing and design, a mockup is a scale or full-size model of a design or device, used for teaching, demonstration, design evaluation, promotion and other purposes.”
We asked retailers and contractors to share their hiring philosophy for their installation staff. Do they employ installers full-time or sub the work out?
Are installers contractors or are they employees? This question has puzzled many in this industry and it’s been hanging over the heads of independent retailers for years.
If this title did not grab your immediate attention, it should have. It’s a dangerous mindset, but ignoring instructions is also one of the first shortcuts people in a hurry take.
The Floor Covering Industry Foundation (FCIF), which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, is a non-profit organization dedicated to financially assisting anyone in the floor covering industry who has suffered extreme circumstances—whether through an unexpected illness or life-changing medical disability.
Almost every residential installer has heard the phrase uttered from a surprised customer at five minutes after five o’clock, something like “That is not what I picked,” or “My floor doesn’t look anything like the sample board.”
The International Certified Floorcovering Installers Association (CFI) and Floor Installation Association of North America (FIANA) recently held their first, and only, joint convention in New Orleans.
