Kerapoxy CQ, MAPEI’s new epoxy grout, uses a proprietary aggregate to achieve its durable color

Grouts are becoming more advanced, with new looks, fast-setting properties and formulations designed to guard against blotchiness, efflorescence and other common problems.

Coverings 2013, which ran April 29-May 2, touched down for the first time in Atlanta this year.

Engineered hardwood flooring is the fastest-growing segment in the hardwood industry.

Homeowners love soft surfaces like carpet, but they don’t always love maintaining them.

Flooring materials have no value until they’re installed and most flooring is installed with some type of separate adhesive, troweled or sprayed onto the substrate.

Ceramic tile and stone is one of the fastest growing categories of flooring.

For the installation of vinyl-backed sheet products, manufacturers recommend the moisture levels to be at 80% as required by the ASTM F2170-02 “Standard Test Method for Determining Relative Humidity in Concrete Floor Slabs using the in situ Probes.”