The end of July brought a run of product news for anyone fixing tile or fitting bathrooms, from faster-setting adhesives to a fresh wave of catalogue ranges. Here are the developments worth knowing about this month, with links to the trade sources.
Setcrete launches a three-hour rapid-set tile adhesive
Setcrete has added Rapid S1 Tile Adhesive to its range, aimed at jobs that need to be turned around quickly. It has a 25-minute open time, a 45-minute pot life and is set and ready to grout in about three hours, which matters on bathroom refits where the client wants the room back in use fast. For a busy fixer it can mean grouting and finishing the same day rather than returning the next. Builders Merchants Journal carried the launch in its July product news.
N&C publishes a 350-page tile collections catalogue
N&C Tiles and Bathrooms released a new Tile Collections catalogue on 24 July, running to more than 350 pages and covering wall and floor tiles, marble effects, statement stone floors and matching decor tiles. New ranges include the brushstroke-inspired Monet and the heritage-toned Promenade. It is a useful reference when you are helping a customer settle on a look before quoting. The catalogue is online or available across the company’s showrooms, as reported by KBBFocus.
Abode adds a granite sink range in a new composite
Abode has launched its Linaro granite sink range, built from a new SioForm+ composite material and offering what the company says is the slimmest dividing wall on the market for 1.5-bowl sinks. For kitchen fitters and bathroom specialists who also handle utility spaces, it widens the choice of hard-wearing composite basins. The range appeared in Builders Merchants Journal’s product news on 21 July.
Pro Tiler Tools stages a national trade day for fixers
Pro Tiler Tools held what it billed as its biggest ever Tiler’s Trade Day on 31 July, opening its doors to professional tilers, contractors and suppliers for demonstrations, offers and technical advice. Events like this are worth a diary note: they are a low-cost way to see new tools in person and talk to manufacturers directly. Details were carried by Builders Merchants Journal.
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