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[fa icon="calendar'] Dec 15, 2020 8:30:00 AM / by CTEF Blog Team posted in About CTEF
It's #GivingTuesday! Please Support CTEF
[fa icon="calendar'] Dec 1, 2020 8:00:00 AM / by CTEF Blog Team posted in About CTEF
Today, December 1st is #GivingTuesday. Will you support CTEF?
We're celebrating #TransformTheTrade and #BecomeaCTI, and honoring all those who make CTEF's work possible.
Will you participate? Will you join this Global Generosity movement with us to raise funds and awareness for tile installation certification and education?
Support CTEF on #GivingTuesday
[fa icon="calendar'] Nov 3, 2020 8:30:00 AM / by CTEF Blog Team posted in About CTEF
Have you saved December 1st for #GivingTuesday? It's a great way to support organizations such as CTEF...
CTEF Online Auction: 10/21 through 10/26. Mark Your Calendar!
[fa icon="calendar'] Oct 20, 2020 8:30:00 AM / by CTEF Blog Team posted in About CTEF
Are you getting ready to stock up on tile installation tools, products, and materials? If yes, then please mark your calendar for the October CTEF Online Auction.
Nominate a Coverings Rock Star Today!
[fa icon="calendar'] Sep 15, 2020 8:30:00 AM / by CTEF Blog Team posted in About CTEF, Certified Tile Installer Program
Do you know any tile industry Rock Stars? If you do, then nominate them for the Coverings 2021 Emerging Leaders Program, otherwise known as Coverings Rock Stars. You have until December 18, 2020.
Given that we're CTEF, we encourage you to nominate tile contractor Rock Stars today!
The TCNA Handbook for Ceramic, Glass and Stone Tile Installation
[fa icon="calendar'] Sep 1, 2020 8:30:00 AM / by CTEF Blog Team posted in About CTEF
If you spend time with anyone involved in the proper installation of ceramic tile, the TCNA Handbook for Ceramic, Glass, and Stone Tile Installation will be the focal point of the conversation. Why? Because this useful guide assists in clarifying and standardizing installation specifications for tile.
In addition to providing a selection of numbered installation "methods" for differentiating and easy reference, the Handbook includes various product selection guides for ceramic, glass, and stone tiles; guidelines for wet areas; field and installation requirements, and more.
Register for Coverings Connected: August 26
[fa icon="calendar'] Aug 11, 2020 8:30:00 AM / by CTEF Blog Team posted in About CTEF, Installation + Design
Have you registered for your August dose of Coverings Connected? If not, time to do so! It takes place August 26, 2020, and includes three outstanding presentations.
More details below.
Access Fundamentals of Thin Bed Knowledge at No Cost
[fa icon="calendar'] Aug 4, 2020 8:30:00 AM / by CTEF Blog Team posted in About CTEF, Installation + Design
Have you heard? CTEF's “Fundamentals of Thin-Bed Knowledge” - otherwise known as the FTBK Guide - is now available at no cost to anyone associated with the tile industry. That's right no cost.
Furthermore, if you'd like to use your newly-found tile industry knowledge from this guide to complete an online test, you can earn a Certificate of Completion as a Fundamentals of Thin-Bed Knowledge industry professional for a $99 fee.
Qualified Labor Matters to Kitchen and Bath Design: NKBA Webinar Series
[fa icon="calendar'] Jul 28, 2020 8:30:00 AM / by CTEF Blog Team posted in About CTEF, Installation + Design
When it comes to successfully completing kitchen and bath installations, Qualified Labor matters. It helps ensure that the tile installation will perform as expected and look as designed for years to come in spaces that demand a great deal from proper performance.
Given how demanding these spaces are, there's tremendous benefit to ensuring that designers and installers collaborate as Dan Hecox showed us in Dan Hecox Inspires Designers, Tile Installers to Aspire to Higher Standards. The more designers understand the requirements of tile installations that perform and the better tile installers communicate with designers, the more likely success is all around.
Certified Tile Installers #TransformTheTrade
[fa icon="calendar'] Jun 2, 2020 8:30:00 AM / by CTEF Blog Team posted in About CTEF, Certified Tile Installer Program, Qualified Labor Series
In a nutshell, tile installation certification programs transform the tile trade and industry for the better. Those programs include the Certified Tile Installer (CTI) program as well as the Advanced Certifications for Tile Installers (ACT) program. #TransformTheTrade