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Happy Holidays from Dependable
All of us at Dependable, LLC join in saying Thank You for a GREAT year! We wish you and your families a Very Joyous Holiday Season and Prosperous New Year! As 2013 winds down, we look into 2014! We have continued to grow this past year and we plan to continue our optimistic approach for…
Read More“Five Reasons Resilient Flooring is Sustainable”
“Resilient flooring has grown from 13% to over 20% of the flooring market on a square footage basis over the last decade. In the last five years, it has been the fastest growing category, fueled in part by its frequent specification in sensitive building environments such as homes, schools and hospitals. A few of its…
Read More“WHITE SKIMCOAT™ – Still on top!”
There is a reason why DEPENDABLE’S WHITE SKIMCOAT™ is still a preferred patch by many. A product that has never been recreated and is one of kind has been one of the most successful patches in the industry. This product is still the one that everyone runs to. As a manufacturer of both Portland Cement…
Read More“Housing Recovery Gains Momentum”
“With home prices and household formations rising and household balance sheets healing, the ongoing housing recovery is expected to gain momentum next year even as several challenges remain, according to economists who participated in the recent National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Fall 2013 Construction Forecast Webinar. “The cards are in play for a decent…
Read More“Record High 291 Housing Markets Listed as Improving in September”
“A total of 291 metropolitan areas across the country now qualify as improving housing markets, according to the National Association of Home Builders/First American Improving Markets Index (IMI) for September, released today. This reflects a gain of 44 markets from August and marks the index’s highest level since it was initiated two years ago. The…
Read More“Resilient Flooring Adhesives: Working with the Right Product”
“With the popularity of LVT still high, resilient flooring shows no signs of slowing down. More customers looking to have resilient installed in both residential and commercial settings have brought new advances to the segment as manufacturers look to create products for every type of resilient floor, and for every type of setting. Question is,…
Read More“Concrete Moisture Emission Vapor Testing: Different Tests, Different Results – Why is That?”
“The two most popular concrete moisture vapor emission test methods are the ASTM F1869 calcium chloride dome test and the ASTM F2170 in situ relative humidity drill test. These are very different and distinct in methodology and results; they cannot be compared to each other. Both are quantitative result tests, though they measure different things.…
Read MoreMoisture Levels: Do Not Trust, Verify
“For the installation of vinyl-backed sheet products, manufacturers recommend the moisture levels to be at 80% as required by the ASTM F2170-02 “Standard Test Method for Determining Relative Humidity in Concrete Floor Slabs using the in situ Probes.” The ability to achieve these numbers is becoming more difficult to obtain. There are several factors that…
Read More2013 TCNA Handbook Addresses Concrete Slabs that Do Not Measure Up
“The vast majority of commercial tile installations, and a significant percentage of residential ones, are bonded directly to concrete slabs. This means when concrete workers are finishing slabs slated for tile, they’re forming the tile installers’ substrate. The flatness of these slabs — the concrete installer’s workmanship, effectively — can be measured in different ways.…
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