This issue is dedicated to my dear friend Dan Blake who passed away suddenly on February 13, 2016.In commercial flooring applications it’s important to make sure the flooring being selected and specified is appropriate for the application. We’ve talked about making...
Certified Testing of floor coverings and related materials is becoming a bigger part of our business. Most of the testing we do is in conjunction with our associated NVLAP certified testing lab. There are ASTM and AATCC tests we normally conduct but very often the...
All floorcovering materials have guidelines for installation mandated by the manufacturer of that specific material. There are also floor covering industry standards that are general in nature but specific as to the standard and common practices for installation of...
At the recent Starnet Fall Meeting held in Boston, one of the presentations struck a nerve with me. It was given by Paul Lewandowski IIDA AIA LEED Design Principal with Lavallee Brensinger Architects and titled “Notes from a Design Junkie.” What intrigued me most...
Luxury vinyl tile and plank flooring is among the hottest flooring products in the market today and the use of this product is growing exponentially in the commercial market. These products are cannibalizing share from sheet vinyl and vinyl tile as well but we’ll talk...
YOUR FLOORS AND FALLSBy Carey Mitchell, President of CR Mitchell, LLCSlips and trips are the most common cause of injury at work, this issue hangs over every building owner. On average, they cause over a third of all major injuries and over 40% of all reported...
