News / Discovering Stone

• Nov 04, 2014

  Builders, architects and tilers take note!

  This is a long read, but very informative (& entertaining), about the importance of movement joints in construction (particulary tiling).This article is originally from issue 14 of Discovering Stone magazine, and was shared recently on the Australian Master Tilers Association forum.http://www.infotile.com/pdfFile/advicetopic/1904201343632.pdf

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• Oct 15, 2014

  Offering a point of difference from the competition

  Efflock was presented to the AGM of the buying group 'Tile Power' this afternoon. The meeting was kindly hosted by the building chemicals company Ardex, at their facility in Sydney, and we were invited along to present to the group among other presentations. A long standing consulting architect for Ardex gave a speech on the importance of constantly assessing opportunities and keeping pace with trends and new ideas in the market, in particular reference to retail and trade suppliers. What better example could they have had to follow this obvious and sound advice, than the opportunity that Efflock presents to their...

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• Jun 03, 2014

  DesignEx Sydney - Tile and Stone Seminar

  Last week saw DesignEx at the Sydney Exhibition Centre - not the bulldozed one, but the temporary building at Glebe Island. Within DesignEx was the tile and stone seminar, where there were 3 days of many different speakers. Each were experts in different facets of the tile and stone industry. All of the topics were incredibly interesting, from the scientific structure of bluestone (basalt), to the evolution and latest trends in tiling and installation. Efflorescence was a hot topic touched on by almost every speaker, but there is also a new problem emerging known as latex leaching, introduced to us...

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