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100

This material fills the joints between most installed Tile. 

What is grout?

100

LVP stands for this type of flooring.

What is Luxury Vinyl Plank?

100

The trowel used to spread mortar has these along its edge to create consistent ridges.

What are Notches?

100

The name of our PREMIUM special order vanity line.

What is James Martin?

100

Meeting location in case of an emergency?

What is Red Robins?

200

This tool ensures even spacing between the tiles and can also act as a way to ensure your tiles are evenly flat.

What are spacers? (Acceptable Answer: What is a leveling system?)

200

This layer on laminate or vinyl flooring protects against scratches and everyday wear.

What is a wear layer?

200

The process of spreading a thin layer of mortar onto the back of a tile before setting it.

What is Back Butter?

200

What are these items needed for the installation of?

Items: Construction Adhesive, Silicone Caulking, Corner Trims, and a Box knife.

What is Pannello XL Panels?

200

In feet, these numbers are how close we can stand next to an operating forklift in both the direction of travel and on the sides.

What is ten & four?

300

This is how we measure the surface wear resistance and durability of glazed ceramic and porcelain tiles on a scale from 0 to 5 

What is the P.E.I rating? 

300

This is the process of allowing flooring to adjust to a room's temperature and humidity before installation.

What is acclimation?

300

Before installing a floating floor, this layer is often added to reduce noise and provide cushioning.

What is underlayment?

300

The term for when a customer purchases product for pick up at another location.

What is Remote Buy?

400

This tile edge treatment eliminates the rounded edge found on traditional tile.

What is a rectified edge?

400

This type of wood flooring has a real wood veneer over a plywood or composite core.

What is Engineered Hardwood?

400

This product is a flexible, rope-like foam material used to fill deep gaps and cracks before caulking, preventing caulk waste and stopping three-site adhesion  

What is Backer Rod?

400

The amount of straps every store built pallet entering our overstock should have.

What is Four?

500

These are oversized porcelain or ceramic panels—often measuring up to 5 feet wide and 10 feet tall

What are XL Porcelain Slabs?

500

This measures wood hardness by finding the force needed to push a steel ball halfway into the wood.

What is a Janka Rating? (Acceptable Answer: Janka Scale)

500

This item helps reduce stress from movement in the subfloor and can help prevent cracked tile

What is an Uncoupling Membrane? (Acceptable Answer: Crack Isolation Membrane)

500

The distance (In feet) we're allowed to stand next to an elevated load.

What is sixteen feet? (Acceptable answers: 4 Tile easels on each side. 2 double door wood bays)

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