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Porcelain vs. Ceramic Tile: Do You Know the Difference?

What is the difference between porcelain and ceramic tile? If you have long wondered about this, you will finally know.

How to Tell The Difference Between Porcelain and Ceramic Tiles

Before you buy tile for your tiling project, it's important to know the difference between porcelain and ceramic tiles. Be aware that they are both made from a mixture of clays and other materials, then kiln-fired to approximately 1400...

Tiles to Styles: Smart Bathroom Decorating Trends with a Difference

We have come a long way from bathrooms that were just basic in the last decade and a half. Modern bathrooms ooze luxury and elegance and many of them are increasingly borrowing from the aesthetics of rejuvenating spas. But with changing seasons and trends, we also see a shift in the decorative pieces and additions

What are the Advantages of a Tile Floor? (with pictures)

A tile floor is easy to maintain and clean, generally easy to install and repair, and available in a variety of designs. It is...

Why There Are Diamonds on Tape Measures

In a perfect world, you could use the red marks to identify the placement of the studs. To locate a center between the studs, simply find the black diamond.

9 Surprising Ways to Boost Your Home's Value

Real estate experts offer insight on how to maximize the value of your house and make it more attractive to potential buyers.

Fix Curling Vinyl Floor Tiles with a Clothes Iron

Vinyl floor tiles curl up at the corners as their adhesive starts to fail, but there’s usually still enough stick to them that you can’t just pull them up without damage. You can use a simple clothes iron to loosen that remaining adhesive.

This Bathroom Floor Tile Idea Is So Easy You Can Do It Yourself

The bathroom floor tile idea that give us all hope.

Using hemp as a sustainable building material

Hempcrete is made from a mixture of the woody part of the hemp plant and lime. When used as a building material, it "has an energy saving of 67 percent over using traditional concrete." And, when it is mixed with other materials such as sand or cement, the result becomes a versatile building material that can be used to make plywood, insulation, sills, roofs, floors, wallboard, pipes and bricks. This article examines the sustainable aspect of research and development of hempcrete as a…

Featured Business: Riverhead Building Supply

Riverhead Building Supply is a family-owned-and-operated independent lumber and building materials dealer with a strong focus on professional contractors.

Kitchen Floor Tile Ideas

Find the Right Daltile Floor Tile Pattern for Any Room in the Home

There are many beautiful patterns for floor tiles from which to choose. Find the one for your space with inspiration & step-by-step instructions from the leader in tile.

Building Materials, Fossil Fuels' Ugly Cousin

Green building materials are being developed all around the world using recycled, rapidly renewable, or easily sustainable content.

Are These Asbestos Floor Tiles?

Clever Construction: 6 Green Building Materials of the Future

Think of the future. What comes to mind? Flying cars perhaps? What about robots? Most people would probably go to the extreme and think of these two things. But, why don't we take a look at some green building materials of the future? These 6 materials are seeing increasing usage in the building industry, so their entrance into mainstream home construction might not be so far away from our present time after all. SensiTile You wake up in the middle of the night…

Strategies for Lumber & Building Material Pros

LBM Journal delivers industry news, product trends and business insights to residential building supply pros via print and digital, e-newsletters, and more.

7 Questions To Help Choose Green Building Materials

In green building , the lifecycle analysis (LCA) of materials is critical. The stages in this cycle as we know them are: raw material, manufacturing, distribution, use, and end-of-life management ….. so-on-and-so-forth. I’m sure many of you have heard this more than once. But what does any of that mean? Well, the simple answer is, products that we can use fully with little to no waste…

Wooden Wonders: Innovative Updates to an Ancient Building Material

Despite the fact that wood has been in use as a primary building material for millennia, it’s being hailed as the material of the future. Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks? Wooden arch…

4 Next-Generation Building Materials

As building material technology continues to improve, take a look at these innovative new products that could benefit facilities.

Great Ideas For Your Next Shower Tile or Floor Tile Project

Bathroom floors can be done in everything from ceramic tile to porcelain and even glass tile. Timberline Flooring experts tips to help Houston homeowners.