Jim Kups on LVT Installation Methods

Jim Kups on LVT Installation Methods

Recently, Jim Kups, Technical Manager in North America for Novalis, answered various questions posed by Lauren Moore, editor for Floor Covering Weekly magazine, about the types of luxury vinyl flooring products and the differences in installation methods. FCW: Tell...
Important ASTM Standards Update for Retailers and Installers

Important ASTM Standards Update for Retailers and Installers

Editor’s Note: This is an important update for all of our retailer and installer friends and colleagues courtesy of our technical manager Jim Kups and Novalis Innovative Flooring … The F.06 Resilient Flooring Committee of ASTM (ASTM.org) recently approved...
Luxury Vinyl Love

Luxury Vinyl Love

Happy February! This is the month we find creative ways to show some love to our family and friends. And at Novalis, it’s “We Love our LVT month”. I thought, why not help our readers with ways to show some love to their beautiful Novalis Luxury Vinyl flooring? Here’s...
Floating LVT vs. Glue-Down LVT, Part One

Floating LVT vs. Glue-Down LVT, Part One

In LVT flooring, the world is divided into floating LVT – the kind that clicks together and is never fastened to the floor underneath it, and glue down—the kind that you do fasten with adhesive. (“Loose Lay” is sort of a hybrid to be addressed in a future...