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Chanel Carrizosa CTI #1380: promote qualified labor first

October 1, 2019 Tileletter

Icon Tile & Design to sponsor a female tile setter’s CTI exam In October 2017, Chanel Carrizosa of Icon Tile & Design (icontileanddesign.com) in Kirkland, Wash., was profiled as one of TileLetter’s Women in Tile. She’s been in the business since 1996, but started Icon with her husband in 2000. In the story, she declared she was planning to test […]

Matthew Welner, Blue Ridge Tile and Stone

November 15, 2018 Michelle Chapman

Challenging CTI exam demonstrates Welner’s dedication to the technical side of the trade Matt Welner, owner of Blue Ridge Tile and Stone in Hickory, N.C., and NTCA State Ambassador for North Carolina, started mixing thinset when he was only 15. And six years ago, he struck out to establish his tilesetting business. He started hearing about the Certified Tile Installer exams […]