Floor patterns, logos and designs completed in Quartz Carpet can enhance the look of any room. However, most of us are stuck with the boring square concept of tile grids on our floors. What we do not realise is that there is a myriad of great floor patterns and designs which can jazz up your [...]

Tell us about some of the most exciting projects you’ve worked on recently. From a prestige point of view, I guess the extensive flooring to the R200-million Industrial Development Council (IDC) project in Sandton tops the list. Also in Sandton was the large external flooring upgrade to the five-star Sandton Sun hotel. From a fun perspective, I would say the floors for [...]

South African architects and designers are highly conscious about functionality, aesthetics and recent environmental legislature. This has partially contributed to the success of natural flooring like Quartz Carpet, which is comprised of aggregates and resin binders.The binder constitutes approximately 10% of the volume of the system; with the remainder being natural stones. The hard and [...]

Over the past eight years a trend has emerged to create clean-looking seamless floors with no tile joints or dirty grout lines. This trend has encouraged leading tile suppliers to market rectified tiles, which are butt-jointed to create the seamless effect. The natural stone flooring market in SA has risen by 14% to capture a [...]

We all know what it is like when we really believe in our flooring products and systems and because of this we recommend them or specify them. There is a major justification and sense of achievement when, as a company representative or product owner, we “know” we have the right flooring product for the right [...]

Beware of outdoor floors that yellow in the sun! Seamless stone flooring has been successfully installed in South Africa for eight years and almost 30 years worldwide; however, the popularity of the product, driven by hard economic times, has seen the introduction of many similar but cheaper products. Jeremy Stewart of Quartz Carpet says he [...]