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In today’s world, we tend not to listen anymore. There are so many of us, we are all talking, and our words have become background noises for the stimuli that really distract us. If you want to say something today, you have to use the language that transcends culture, geography, and time. You have to use imagery.
Walking the walk, not just talking the talk, is more important than ever for our young industry. As the polished concrete industry enters its second decade, we’re still the infants of the floor coating and floor covering industry, an industry that is worth more than 25 billion dollars annually.
The healthy choice for floors. Soybeans are one of the oldest crops in the world, but soy-based products are new to the decorative concrete industry. There are soy-based products available for every phase of a project. Should you be using them?
Mike Miller, a Benicia, Calif., artist, calls his work "sensory concrete."
This column is all about stacking the deck in our favor. You have probably noticed there are few safety nets in this business, which validates the importance of doing everything possible to control the controllable. Ask any successful decorative contractor and I will bet there is at least one thing they all have in common: organization.
It’s fun to say but hard to do. Here’s when and how to accomplish this feat with the least risk to you or your customer.
Bob “Hot Rod” Rohr isn’t your everyday installer of heating systems. The Rogersville, Mo., heating expert got turned on to radiant heat about 15 years ago and dove, well, toes-first into the technology.
MAPEI has introduced Ultraplan Easy, a fast-setting, self-leveling underlayment. Surface preparation is now as easy as “clean, prime, and pour.” Ultraplan Easy is intended to reduce the need for mechanical surface profiling of concrete before floor coverings are installed, significantly reducing cost savings per square foot of installation. Developed with […]
Multiquip’s three new MTX-Series rammers aim to take the tough work, the fatigue, and the strain out of compaction. The MTX-70, MTX-80 and MTX-90 gasoline-powered models deliver up to 3,500 pounds of impact force for effective compaction of cohesive and mixed soils. Each rammer excels in trench work, around retaining […]
When applying overlays over overlays, certain tools and techniques can make the job easier.
