Along with the three residential projects profiled in the last issue, the 2015 FCI Installation Awards honored four commercial winners in three categories: Mark Fenstermaker of Western Tile & Marble, Commercial Ceramic Tile/Stone; Fred Richardson of Cutting Edge Flooring, Commercial Resilient; and Lance Ortegel and Eric Ullrich of Lance’s Professional Installations and Inspections, Commercial Carpet.

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 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.

Many consumers, builders and even some tile installers share the mistaken idea that natural stone tile products may be installed on the floor in the same way as is ceramic tile.

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.

For the 2015 edition of the TCNA Handbook, the Handbook Committee approved eight new installation methods.