Coverings 2017
Here's a peek at the very latest:
These huge tile 39" x 96" or so, are only an 1/8" thick, but have a mesh backing that makes installation much safer, easier, and with greatly reduced risk of breakage. If you want a groutless wall in your shower, here you go. The TCNA just developed the ANSI standards for their installation, they're so new.
There is no excuse for tile lippage. None. Ever.
You screw this bracket into the wall stud through the leg of the "L" and through the top plate, although it just occurred to me that you'd significantly compromise the top plate of the wall if it wasn't doubled when you cut it to accommodate the triangulating stiffener. Blocking and a drywall patch would work.
The Chinese have ripped off Cambria's signature style and have done an excellent job at it. I got "suitcased" by a Chinese guy with a sink catalog. That's when a vendor doesn't pay for a booth, but carries a "suitcase" (or catalog) about the show, presenting to potential prospects without paying the fee for displaying.
My wife is standing on a 1/4" thick piece of genuine marble with an aluminum/composite laminated backer. Two guys could carry a 5x10 sheet of this up 20 flights of stairs without breaking a sweat or the piece.
There isn't a lot of Japanese tile here, but this stuff is amazing.
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- PRO9 years agolast modified: 9 years ago
You wanna talk about bookmatching and backlighting? Each panel is 6' x 10' or so.
More amazing stone work from the Chinese. Very heavy relief and polished to perfection.
The contrast between the Italian/Brazilian/Spanish booths which are huge and minimalist compared to the rows and rows of 10' x 10' Chinese booths crammed full is striking.
This is a beautiful turned stone bowl from Canada. $750.00 to the trade.
If you can't find the right tile edge, you're not looking hard enough. These Germans have 5,000 (not a typo) choices. And their LED strips light up your drawers and look cool too:
There is simply no excuse for the leaking tile problems we read about here constantly. Note the waterproof niche. This is stupid simple, beautiful, and waterproof if you can follow instructions. USG, Schluter, it doesn't matter. Goobering Redguard over cement board and pre-sloping seem positively neanderthal to me.
This blue tile was my favorite in the whole show, but these women would not get out of the way of my picture, despite my repeated polite pleadings.
The Chinese make great stuff, spend a ton of money to fly half way across the world to display, and are too damn cheap to hire a copywriter. Who told them "artificial" was good?
- PRO9 years agolast modified: 9 years ago
Can't bookmatch quartz? The Chinese didn't get the note. I checked the edges; the pattern goes all the way through, it's not printed. I've never seen this before. I have no clue how they did it and their English wasn't good enough to explain.
Here's the Tuscan leveling system. I hate tile lippage.
Jesus drives a Chevy. Who knew?
The Chinese "suitcaser" with his catalog from yesterday hit me up again today. I turned him in to security.
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- PRO9 years ago
mgmum:
She was tired of the show on the second day so I had to fend for myself. I left her badge with her at the hotel, but she told me to only call her if I saw something really amazing. I didn't think she'd find this interesting either:
- 9 years ago
Iowacommute