TRADE TESTIMONIALS
1 Laticrete Park North
Bethany, CT 06524
USA
Telephone: (203) 393-0010
Web: www.laticrete.com
Re: Installation of Large Module Tile & Stone with the Tuscan Leveling System & Laticrete
Our Laticrete Technical Service Team has taken a close look at the Tuscan Leveling System.
We are pleased to recommend the Tuscan Leveling System to reduce or eliminate lippage and provide “smooth, plumb & true” Installations of Large Module Tile & Stone.
Our recommended Laticrete materials for use with the Tuscan Leveling System include:
Thinbed & Medium Bed method:
Laticrete 4237 / 211 Latex Thinset adhesive mortar for thin & medium bed installations
Laticrete 254 Platinum Thinset mortar for thin bed installations
Laticrete 220 Marble & Granite Mortar for thin & medium bed installations
Laticrete 4-XLT for thin & medium bed installations
Laticrete Sure Set Thinset mortar for “no back buttering required” thin bed installations
Spot Bond Method:
Latapoxy 310 Epoxy Adhesive for spot bonding large format tile and stone on vertical surfaces
When tile and stone is installed using the Tuscan Leveling System with Laticrete system materials, the installation will be covered with a Laticrete comprehensive labor and materials warranty. For technical support, answers to installation questions and information on how to obtain a full Laticrete system warranty covering replacement of labor and materials contact Laticrete Technical Support: 800.243.4788 ext. 235, or +1.203.393.0010 ext. 235, email
technicalservices@laticrete.com or visit www.laticrete.com.
Sincerely Yours,
Henry B. Rothberg
VP, Training
Laticrete International
“Want to install tile fast that’s plumb
& true with no lippage ….?
Think
Tuscan Leveling System. Fast, productive
& profitable to use."
-Henry
Rothberg
May 6, 2010
RE: MAPEI Product Recommendations for use with the Tuscan Leveling System
MAPEI is pleased to offer the following products to be used with the Tuscan Leveling System to help create a lippage free tile installation system. Each MAPEI product has been thoroughly tested and approved by MAPEI Technical Services and will help ensure a problem free installation for large format Tile and Stone.
MAPEI recommended mortars for use with Tuscan Leveling Systems;
For Thin-Set and Medium Bed Methods:
Granirapid System - Premium, Rapid Setting Two-component Mortar
Ultraflex LFT – Specially Designed for Large Format Tile
Ultraflex 3 – Premium, latex-modified Mortar
Ultracontact or Ultracontact RS (rapid set) - does not require additional “back-buttering” of Tile or Stone.
Ultralite – light weight, non-sag Mortar
For Thin-Set Method
Keralastic / Kerabond System - exceptional bond strength, flexural strength, and elongation
MAPEI products installed using the Tuscan Leveling system qualifies for the MAPEI “Best Backed” Warranty Program.
Please visit our website at www.mapei.us or contact MAPEI Technical Services for additional product or warranty information.
Respectfully,
Sr. Tile and Stone Consultant / Architectural Support
MAPEI Corporation
MAPEI Corp.
1144
East Newport Center Drive
Deerfield Beach, FL 33442
Phone (954) 246-8595
Fax (954) 246-8805
Trend USA
endorses the Tuscan Leveling System
Trend USA has always been a supporter
of new ideas and systems that can make
your installation faster and better.
The Tuscan Leveling System,
www.tuscanleveling.com,
is one of those innovations.
It allows for a perfect installation of
large format tiles without lippage and
in considerable less time compared to a
regular installation.
We have been amazed by the
effectiveness and efficiency of this
system and we have recommended it for
all the installation of our tiles.
If you have not tried it you should.
Marcello Becchi
Director of Business Development
Trend USA
ltd
10360 USA Today Way
Miramar, FL 33025
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Tuscan Leveling System at COVERINGS
headquarters Chicago
“As a flooring contractor for over thirty years, I have seen all kinds of new tools and devices coming down the pike trying to improve the quality and ease of the installations in this business. Few new innovations ever impressed me as much as the Tuscan Leveling System. This remarkable system will revolutionize the installation of marble, granite, porcelain - especially in large format installations were the installation is more difficult then a standard 12x12 tile. By using the Tuscan Leveling System we have almost eliminated callbacks.
I came to know this system when one of our flooring contractors showed it to me one day at our facility. As soon as I saw it I was floored, (pun intended) by the ease of installation, the professional results, and the speed at which the job was completed. It has made my life much easier because when we start a job using the Tuscan Leveling System, I know we will get professional results - even if we use an installer that is not the most experienced.”
Robert Sawyer V.P.
Sales and Technical Service Director
Creative Edge Corporation
Mosaic installation with Tuscan Leveling System at COVERINGS headquarters Chicago
Pictures courtesy Creative Edge Corporation.
"Here is another job we did on the east
coast with fantastic
results!"
Robert Sawyer
V.P. Sales and
Technical Service Director
Creative Edge
Corporation
Picture courtesy Creative Edge Corporation.
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“It works great, it actually does exactly
as advertised”.
"Recently I was
asked my opinion of the Tuscan Leveling
System and to tell of my experiences with
it. I thought this would be a perfect
opportunity to share information with
fellow installers and even the occasional
Do-It-Yourselfer that may benefit from use
of the product. The truth is,
there is not a lot one can say about the
Tuscan Leveling System except to say “It
works great, it actually does exactly as
advertised”. Since
introduced to the Tuscan Leveling System a
few years ago I have had occasions to use
the system several times. Each time I feel
the job was completed faster and with more
perfection than would have been possible
using my old method. Each time I use the
product I get a good feeling of confidence
that I have produced a job to be proud
of. I have learned
to always have the Tuscan product available
on my truck primarily for the installation
of the trouble spots that so-often arise
without warning. As everyone knows it
doesn’t matter how diligently you appraise
or prepare a jobs sub straight there are
always some areas that jump out to grab you
when you least expect them. Areas that will
cause lippage in a large format tile
installation. Tuscan Leveling System is the
quick and professional answer to those
issues. I like the system and think it
makes perfect sense, why didn’t it come
along a long time ago?" Bud
Cline Installing Tile
Since 1976
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Using Schluter Systems Ditra mats with the
Tuscan Leveling System.
“The thing I really like is, that it eliminates having to keep pulling up tiles and putting thinset under them to get them level. In addition, my tiles were lippage free. I will say that the Tuscan Leveling System will more then double your square footage at the end of the day and give you a better looking job too. Some may balk at the price of the system, to me it is an investment that will more then pay for its self after a few jobs. The system will give you better results, which means more jobs down the road. If you do not invest in the Tuscan Leveling System, then your losing time and money.”
Bruce Guardado
22years in the trade
Shenandoah, VA
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"We recently completed a 1.4 Million Dollar renovation and had just two weeks to install approximately 3,00O square feet of engineered large format tile. We are modern design builders, often doing renovations to be showcased or broadcast on HGTV. This design used a sustainable high fired ceramic tile from FLOOR GRES ITALIA and there was no room for mistakes. Our grout lines had to be 1/32 of an inch, and our floor base was not perfect. Michele Volponi directed his team including some of our tile installers who had NEVER used the TUSCAN LEVELING SYSTEM- the results were astonishing, as was the speed of the install.
Our floors are perfect- with ABSOLUTELY NO LIPPAGE. The tight grout lines and the flat even install gives the massive one slab look modern Italian look I was trying to achieve. The TUSCAN system was also used vertically on a large 10ft by 15 ft wall incorporating a fireplace, the result and the time frame again was not to be believed, two weeks and three days we had the entire job including FOUR bathrooms FINISHED. Well worth the small additional cost per square foot which we included in our install estimate.
Congratulations on inventing and implementing this system and for introducing us to it and you and your team."
Flavia von Vogrig & Robert Gassel.
STUDIO FLAVIA/JOHN CAIOLA
Architectural GreenDesign Builders
Bryn Mawr, PA
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"These installations are flat as a desk
top..."
"The Territory
Manager for Pearl Abrasives is an old
friend that I have not seen in a long time,
so I picked up the phone and he was in my
office that afternoon. Within a week, the
inventor of the Tuscan Leveling System was
training our installers. The Tuscan
Leveling System was beginning to make my
dream come true. Step two
solved!
Getting started
Installation
materials have always been kind of a "me
too" industry with one standing out at the
cutting edge of technology. I opened a
dialog with another old friend who happens
to be a V.P. at Laticrete International.
Laticrete has always been a leader in their
industry.
"Action shot"
We not only
landed on installation products that will
work, Laticrete has stepped up to the plate
and offered their 100% labor and materials
warranty on installations using the Tuscan
Leveling System and Laticrete products.
Steps three and four solved! We now had
four legs under the horse and it was time
to see how he could run.
24" x 24" porcelain
Wall application
Park Shore
Kitchens & Interiors Floor Covering
Division has now completed thousands of
square feet of large unit porcelain tile
installations using the Tuscan Leveling
System system, thinset bed, with 1/32"
grout joint. These installations are flat
as a desk top and all of the "Achilles
heels" have been corrected. We now have the
system!
Flat, Flat, Flat!
Our real test
is getting the word out. There is a whole
lot of incorrect information circulating
out there and there are always the
old-schoolers that will never "get
it".
24" x 24" Ice White Glass
The really good
news is that through the internet, in the
John Bridge Forum, on what is called
"professionals hang-out" I am finding
overwhelming support from across the
country. There is now a large movement
toward this new technology and it is
getting larger by the day. Refreshing and
exciting!
24" x 24" Ice White Glass
The Floor
Covering Division of Park Shore Kitchens
& Interiors is your source for all the
components of this new technology. Call me!
I will be happy to share the rest of the
story." Tom Dardis,
CGPPark
Shore Kitchens
& InteriorsNAHB Certified
Green ProfessionalCBIA Remodelers
Council Director239-784-2438
cell
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"Someday the tile & stone industry
will recognize the pioneering work that you
have done and that you continue to do to
improve the quality of the installation of
large module tile and
stone."
Henry
B Rothberg
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“You got the bull by the horns on this
one!!!"
The Tuscan
Leveling System is a great tool to have, by
far the most user friendly, simple tool I
have used in a very long time. It makes up
for that slight variation in either the
floor or the product that has always been
the last sticking point in the final
setting process for me. Reduced the taking
up & adding or subtracting thinset by
at least 80-90%.” Thanks
Again! Louis
Fowler Fowler Tile
& Stone.
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"The Tuscan Leveling System is ideal for my
large format tile jobs."
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"For the shower walls and wainscot I also used TLS. It went fairly quickly and I was amazed when doing the walls, the tile kept flat and plumb. The wall tiles were on point. It went well as the TLS kept the tiles in place when doing on point. Without using Tuscan Leveling System you would be fighting it as you go along."
"The Tuscan Leveling System saved me up to 50% of the installation time with more money in my pocket in a short time...when my customers want stone tiles for the big jobs, I will be ready."
Bill Pierson
Ellensburg,Wa.
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"Using the Tuscan Leveling System has
helped fast track things.”
“I just thought
I would drop you a line. I have been using
your Tuscan Leveling System for 7 months
and have done some very large jobs. Some of
the stonework floors the pieces have been
1800 x 1200 20mls thick. It did not take
long for my guys to be able to master the
system. What I have found is that with this
system it has helped my business grow
faster because I have not had to rely on
people with a lot of knowledge to work the
system. As we all know there is a shortage
in the world of trades people, and using
the Tuscan Leveling System has helped fast
track things.”
Eric
Pederson
Auckland, New Zealand
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“…the Tuscan Leveling System pulls the
tiles into the thinset, not out."
"Today we ran
out of caps again, so we installed about 30
m2 without them (the old way) and I could
not believe how painful it really was.
Tiles were sinking and the time it takes to
re-bed them is incredible. You don't
realize how good your system is until you
install with out it. I am truly sold on
it…”
Darren Conroy
Queensland , Australia
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Monday, November 23, 2009
Tile Handling & Installation - Tricks
& Techniques
Using the Tuscan Leveling System to provide a "plumb, smooth & true" installation and reduce or eliminate tile lippage.
Using Laticrete Sure Set Medium Bed Mortar for a fast, productive installation.
Photos courtesy of:
Tom Hambrock of T & J Construction Services
1105 Remington Place
Manchester, TN 37355
931-632-0345
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"Large unit porcelains with TLS and
Laticrete sparked a great deal of
interest..."
I spent
the week-end working a local Home &
Garden show. The showing of large unit
porcelains with TLS and Laticrete sparked a
great deal of interest. While there, I was
asked to be an 'expert' on the panel for
two of Jim Parks seminars. Jim is the host
of HGTV’s New Spaces show. The more we
talked, the more excited about it he
became. Here is a photo that I wanted to
share with you.
Tom Dardis,
CGP
Park
Shore Kitchens
& Interiors
NAHB
Certified Green
Professional
CBIA
Remodelers Council
Director
239-784-2438
cell