By K. Schipper
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Just one look at the sign above the door, and it’s easy to believe that Wholesale Marble and Granite has been misnamed. However, there’s a story behind the name of the custom fabricator and installer.
LAS VEGAS – For the International Tile and Stone Show (ITSS), it’s as easy as one-two-three with its latest event here on Oct. 21-23.
By Emerson Schwartzkopf
For the past few years, it’s become old hat to say that Italy isn’t what it used to be in the worldwide stone trade. It’s even coming from the last place many would expect to hear it: Italy itself.
By Emerson Schwartzkopf
State legislators, like anyone else, find it hard to say no to little girls. As a result, Colorado joins a long list of places with something nobody should live without: an official state rock.
by Vincent Migliore
Q: We are installing an exterior wood-frame porch. The plywood has been coated with fiberglass to prevent rot if water gets into the system. How do we install a stone-tile floor on top of the fiberglass?
A: First, make sure that the substrate conforms to L/720 deflection. I would install a cement-backer unit conforming to ANSI A118.9 in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations, using an epoxy conforming to ANSI A118.8 to bond the cement-backer unit to the fiberglass. When cured, install the stone tile with a modified thin-set mortar. Use white thin-set mortar if the stone is limestone or light-colored. Maintain joints of a minimum of 1/8" width. Use pure portland cement as a grout. Dampen the edges of the stone and work a very dry mixture of the portland into the joints. Caulk all edges that are not stone to stone.
LOS ANGELES – There are plenty of freeways here, but there’s one bit of highway planned for StonExpo 2004 on Oct. 27-30 that’s not on a map, but full of challenges and opportunities: the learning curve.
By K. Schipper
MADISON, Wis. – Any job is only as good as its template, and most natural stone fabricators struggle with finding a method – but now some Midwestern U.S. shops are leaving the job to somebody else.
VERONA, Italy – Back in the 1960s, Italian movies used to credit “a cast of thousands” – but Marmomacc 2004 this October is far beyond that.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – VIC International Corp., a leading U.S. stone-equipment and -supplies company, sold its restoration and maintenance businesses on June 26 to St. Paul, Minn.-based Ecolab Inc. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed....