The International Surface Event (TISE) named the winners of the third 2025 regional installation competition held in Dalton, Georgia on October 26, 2024 at the Certified Flooring Installers (CFI) headquarters and training facility.
By eliminating the need for high-impact knee kickers, the tool allows professionals to achieve a precise and even stretch while significantly reducing wear and tear on their bodies.
Taylor Adhesives 710 is designed for a variety of applications, including: applying seaming tapes, joining padding, sealing raw edges, securing binding, patching carpet, replacing damaged nap and reinforcing seams and weak backings.
Britney Robles, Jeremy Moreno, Kierstian Chavez and Andrea Lopez come from a range of backgrounds. Here, they discuss how and why they chose installation as a career.
Participants will compete in either carpet or luxury vinyl plank (LVP) installations, and a finalist from each category in each location will advance to the national competition. TISE will fly all finalists to Las Vegas for the TISE 2025 final competition to compete for the Installer of the Year titles.
Most installers know the steps involved in stretching in carpet, but it’s easy to get wrong, resulting in costly rework or damage to a flooring contractor’s reputation.
The General Knee Kicker by Roberts is a rugged, high-performance tool for carpet installation, and ideal to apply tension to carpet when installing in smaller spaces like closets, staircases, and other hard to reach places.
Advanced Flooring Technology (AFT) is quickly gaining momentum as an installation training and certifying body for the floorcovering industry, working with organizations like the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades and CCA Global Partners.
