The Tile Council of North America (TCNA) is pleased to announce it will again partner with the National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA) and the Ceramic Tile Distributors Association (CTDA) to host Total Solutions Plus.
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2010 Ceramic Tile Industry Update
Based on data available to-date (and estimating fourth quarter domestic shipments), U.S. tile consumption for 2010 was 1.97 billion sq. ft. (+6.0% vs. 2009). This was the first year-over-year increase since 2006.
2011 TCNA Handbook Now Available
The Tile Council of North America (TCNA) is pleased to announce the release of the 2011 TCNA Handbook for Ceramic Tile Installation. The combined efforts of the TCNA Handbook Committee, several TCNA and NTCA technical committees, hundreds of individual contributors, and TCNA staff which invested more than 3000 hours of its time made this year’s Handbook possible. The 2011 Handbook contains the most significant additions and revisions since it was first printed in 1963.
Descriptions of Tiled Benches Donated to Opportunity Village
AlysEdwards Tile & Stone
Description of Bench: The AlysEdwards bench is tiled with recycled stained glass and outfitted with hand-sculpted tiles shaped as lily pads, koi fish, water lilies and the incomparable AlysEdwards as a frog.
The bench’s theme is “Dream Big and Live Bold!”
Name of Designer: Sylvie Atanasio
Name of Manufacturer: AlysEdwards
Name of Installer: The AlysEdwards Sample Crew
Porcelain Tile Certification Update – 2011
The Porcelain Tile Certification Agency (PTCA) is pleased to announce the growing number of participants in its certification program.
TCNA Developing Hypoallergenic Standard
Tile has always been the natural choice for allergy sufferers, and TCNA is now proud to offer a way to validate this. TCNA is pleased to announce it has begun the research for a hypoallergenicity standard to evaluate ceramic tile and installation products.