Product Showcase

Mannington Commercial’s refreshed Color Anchor collection of luxury vinyl tile (LVT) features 29 hues, including rich neutrals with multiple value steps, various shades of blue and green, and vivid primary colours. The updated line is available in two patterns, Groove and Stride. Groove is a small-scale, textile-inspired visual with non-directional crosshatching. Stride is a finely drawn linear pattern with soft line work. The visual can be run in a uniform direction or turned to create playful patterns. Both styles come in three sizes, including 6-inch by 36-inch planks, and 12-inch by 24-inch and 18-inch by 18-inch tiles. They can be mixed and matched in unlimited combinations to create endless pattern possibilities that work well for education and healthcare applications, says the company.

Tarkett’s Dynamic Edit modular carpet collection is inspired by how interior spaces continually evolve over time. The series celebrates this creative process with five patterns that allow designers to freely mix, match, add and edit their spaces. Each of the styles is available in 12 colourways.

Laticrete’s Pro-Mix Station is a mobile pourable cart that helps eliminate harmful dust and provides combined batch consistency for efficient self-levelling underlayment, overlayment and epoxy projects. It features a removable drill with a built-in dust extractor, and a motor that operates at 14.5 amperes/110 volts and can be adjusted based on required product consistency with two drill speeds, 580 and 250 revolutions per minute. This allows for the mixing of tile and stone adhesive and repair mortars. The ProMix Station is constructed of a durable steel frame assembly for longevity and includes rotating caster wheels for easy mobility, as well as two mixing paddles. Easily pourable and with a three-bag capacity removable bin, the station can deliver up to 1,500 pounds per hour of output, says the company.

Expressive Ideas by AHF Products is a vinyl-based tile with 28 colours, from bold brights to subdued natural hues. Developed specifically for commercial environments, the product line offers low maintenance and life cycle costs versus traditional vinyl composition tile, says the company. It is scratch, stain and scuff-resistant without polish, reducing the total cost of ownership over the life of the floor. Expressive Ideas features a sturdy 2.5-millimetre gauge construction with a 20-mil wear layer. The collection comes in a standard 12-inch by 12-inch square edge tile and is available in a gluedown application, making it ideal for large area installations and easily able to handle rolling loads and heavy traffic.

Schluter-Systems’ family of matte black products includes two new grates for its Kerdi-Line linear floor drain. Available in a variety of sizes, the solid and square grates can be used to blend right in with a darker tile or to create a daring contrast when combined with a lighter tile. Additionally, KerdiDrain is available with a matte black grate in curve, floral and pure designs. The Kerdin-Line-FC cover plate is also newly available in matte black and can be used with the Kerdi-Line linear floor drain to create a seamless look in applications where multiple drains are installed end to end.

American Biltrite has launched two fresh designs as part of its

UltraCeramic Contract engineered stone collection. Eclectic Stone is a delicate stone visual inspired by a wide range of natural stones like granites and marbles. A combination of tone on tone veins and perforations gives these tiles a subtle variability that creates an overall look of uniformity. Natural Travertine mimics traditional travertine slabs. Pattern details are weathered and almost faded. Developed for sports facilities and multipurpose areas, Ecore’s Baller

Motivate Class I provides commercial-grade durability and realistic wood/court visuals. The performance flooring product features a 2-millimetre vinyl surface layer factory fusion bonded through its TRU technology to a 5-millimetre vulcanized composition rubber base layer. The floor is resistant to static and rolling loads, and is ergonomic with an absorption of impact energy (force reduction) of 28.3 per cent for ASTM F2772 Class I requirements.

Torlys’ two Xtreme Performance collections, Everest XP and Cork XP, are 100 per cent natural and waterproof, and can be installed in residential and commercial spaces. Everest XP provides more design possibilities with various wood species in wider, longer and cleaner grade planks that deliver a lifetime of unparalleled performance without sacrificing the beauty of natural wood, says the company. Cork XP is sourced from responsibly managed forests. It is available in traditional, modern and even high-definition printed wood grain visuals, offering the beauty of hardwood, durability of laminate and comfort of cork.