LATICRETE & Rio Grande Sponsor CTEF Certification Test
 On May 14-15, 2009, LATICRETE and Rio Grande Company co-sponsored the CTEF ceramic tile installation certification test, the first of its kind in Colorado. Held at Rio Grande Company’s facility in Denver, twenty LATICRETE MVPs took the certification test over a two day period. With the help of LATICRETE materials, along with tile and backerboard donated by Design Materials Inc., CTEF was well equipped to conduct the hands-on portion of this testing event.
Stephanie Samulski of the CTEF said, “Rio Grande and LATICRETE really stepped up to the plate to make taking the certification test doable for the Denver-area contractors that participated. That was especially appreciated by the contractors, who still had to pull their installers out of the field for two days to test. This helped us get a large group tested, one of the largest to date, and this is critical to making the CTEF certification meaningful. The sooner we identify the best installers out there, the sooner manufacturers and distributors, like LATICRETE and Rio Grande, can start telling customers to use CTEF Certified Tile Installers.”
In my opinion, this NTCA, CTEF certification workshop is beginner-ish and unprofessional. Our industry needs to take a hard look at what these guys are doing. Never ever start any wall tile installation with the bottom row.
You might say that this CTEF test is not a shower area. Well then what is it? I don't recognize it as any area in a residential home where you can install full tiles at the floor. Is there a tub somewhere, is it a powder room, what is it? This whole demonstration doesn't make any sense.
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