Ton Holten started in the ceramic tile industry driving tile-laden tractor trailers for a Dutch forwarding company, from the far reaches of two continents back to his native Holland.
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.”
The phenomenon of thin tile is only a few years old, but this all-new tile category has captured the worldwide attention of retailers, designers and customers—commercial, industrial and consumer.
The topic of spot bonding floor tile was covered in CTEF Tile Tip about a year ago, and one would think the installers that utilize this technique would heed the warning and stop installing tile in this way. Unfortunately, that has not happened.
Most installation professionals understand what crack isolation, anti-fracture and uncoupling membranes are for, but confusion still reigns on what the differences are among the products.
The introduction of thin panel porcelain tile or thin tile porcelain panels – or which for now seems to be the most popular name, thin porcelain tile (TPT) – is quickly revolutionizing the tile market.
Parex USA's new Merkrete 720 Rapid Set is a premium grade, rapid setting, medium bed mortar specifically formulated for the installation of large format ceramic tiles, gauged porcelain and irregular thickness stones that require faster setting times of 90 minutes or less, according to the company.
