FEATURE: Slam-dunk Bosti-Set® installation at UH’s Fertitta Center opportunities, two large VIP club areas, highly upgraded facilities in the Guy V. Lewis Basketball Center via a new tunnel connection, a beautiful new court, and much, much more. Architectural plans called for the specification of Crossville’s Laminam® large-format gauged porcelain panels for the walls of five concession stands strategically positioned throughout the interior concourse of the arena. “I met with the installer, Allstate Commercial, along with our Houston distribu- tor, BPI,” said Santiago Hernandez, Bostik's Texas Territory Sales Manager. “Together we helped train the installation team. But first, I had to convince both groups about the winning characteristics of Bosti-Set® , our state-of-the-art adhesive, formulated specifical- ly for the installation of today’s gauged porcelain tile panels.” Hernandez not only persuad- ed both firms, but together with Ruben Rivera of BPI, subsequently staged winning educational ses- sions to ensure that installers from the Allstate Commercial team not only knew all the many attributes of Bosti-Set, but became psyched to work with this space-age materi- al. Bosti-Set is a premium adhesive and sound reduction membrane, created specifically for gauged thin porcelain tile panel installations. It immediately grabs porcelain tile panels in a single coat, does not allow for any sag and makes it possible for panels to be reposi- tionable for at least 30 minutes. Projects calling for gauged thin porcelain tile panels now can be installed in roughly half the time with a smaller crew. Why? A sin- gle layer of adhesive is troweled Crossville’s Laminam large-format gauged porcelain panels for the walls of five conces- sion stands were strategically positioned throughout the interior concourse of the arena. 40 TileLetter | February 2019