This year marks the 25th continuous year of publishing Floor Covering Installer, and I wanted to take a moment to thank the most important people who made this milestone possible: You.

Our editorial director and my colleague and friend, Jon Namba, is a busy guy.

While browsing one of the many flooring installation communities on Facebook, I came across a nightmare of a tile job where the homeowner had decided to roll up their sleeves and do the job themselves.

This industry really is a family, and that was something CFI’s 25th anniversary convention went out of its way to prove.

How technologically savvy are you? Probably more than you know.

July 31 at 2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time is the deadline for submissions for our Fifth Annual FCI Installation Awards, honoring the best and most creative installations of the past two years in a wide array of flooring covering materials.

Phil Green, a Chicago-area tile and flooring contractor with nearly 50 years of experience, and inventor of the Back Butter Buddy and Edge Strip Kits, recently shared his thoughts on the future of the construction trades.

No matter how well you know something, you will forget some of the details if you don’t stay in practice.

You all are going to be offered more insights from our editorial director and industry expert, Jon Namba. We are also proud to announce the launch of the 5th Annual FCI Installation Awards.

Keith Olson, a flooring contractor who operates Tandem Flooring in Algonquin, Ill., recently wrote in to offer his two cents about how to address the installation crisis.