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NEWS A round-up of the latest news from across the industry.


PRODUCTS AND SERVICES The newest flooring launches and updates.


MAKEOVER OF THE MONTH: URBAN CHIC


Polyflor’s LVT collections add a touch of class to a high-end housing development that was designed with community needs in mind.


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10 QUESTIONS WITH… Paul Mansfield, Director and Owner of Preptec


Equipment Services Ltd, is under the spotlight answering our TCF 10 Questions this month.


NATURAL MATERIALS


THE NATURAL CHOICE Jason Spangler, at Wagner Meters, discusses the


benefits of specifying solid hardwood floors and advises how proper moisture management will guarantee their endurance for years to come.


GOODBYE 2020, HELLO 2021+ EGGER introduces its new international flooring


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FIT FOR A KING The Solid Wood Flooring Company guide us through


a recent underfloor heating retrofit project with herringbone parquet flooring and installation video.


OFFICE & WORKPLACE


FLEXIBILITY AND BALANCE What’s in store for the post-Covid office


environment? Joan Renaud of ACDF Architecture discusses.


SUPPORTING CRITICAL WORKERS When tasked with working on two very important


refurbishment and restoration projects, trusted flooring contractors turned to subfloor preparation materials from UltraFloor.


OUTDOOR INSTALLATIONS


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TAKE IT OUTSIDE As the trend for extending living spaces into the


garden gathers pace, the experts at Tile Giant explain how to make a seamless transition inside out.


GET GREAT FLOORS OUTDOORS Stephen Boulton, Technical Service Manager for


F. Ball and Co. Ltd., talks us through achieving perfect exterior flooring installations and selecting the optimum products at each stage along the way.


FLOORCARE & MAINTENANCE


CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH Bona informs us how to transform resilient floors,


including LVT, into an easy-to-clean homogenous surface that prevents the build-up of dirt and bacteria.


DROP THE MOP It’s time for the industry to clean up its act and


embrace innovation, says James White, Managing Director of Denis Rawlins Ltd.


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