DCOF

Long considered one of the most versatile floor and wall finishes in the industry, porcelain tile continues to flourish in popularity both indoors and outdoors. From small-scale mosaics to large format panels there isn’t a design or aesthetic need that can’t be achieved. Thanks to modern advancements in material production, digital inks, improved glazes, and[...]

Okay, this is kind of a big deal – seriously!  For the first time in our industry’s history, the Tile Council of North America, in collaboration with the American National Standards Institute, now require tile manufacturers (as well as other hard surface flooring manufacturers) to provide “product use classifications” based on the properties of slip[...]

Several years ago, the Tile Council of North America announced the new standard for measuring a tile’s frictional resistance.  The DCOF Acutest (A137.1) gave more detailed guidelines on how to measure the frictional resistance of an object already in motion. This means that as an industry we could now better understand the resistance of a[...]