b'TECH TALK Overreliance on spacersSponsored by leads to consumer complaints Does lack of willingness to purchase installation excellence exclude tile setters who craft quality work?By Stephanie Samulski, NTCA Director of Technical ServicesCoveringsisnotonlyan opportunity to see fi rsthand the latest tile and stone styles and trends;itsanopportunityto learn about the latest technical and installation challenges and the efforts underway to address them. One such discussion atApril 8, 2019 A108 Meeting Documents - Page 36this years show last month was the premise that an increasing numberofinstallersarenot using measurements and chalk lines to square up and lay out theirtileinstallations.Instead, they are relying on hard spac- Contrasting grout and tile make misalignment ers, usually made of plastic, tomore obvious than less-contrasting grout and tile. April 8, 2019 A108 Meeting Documents - Page 37 April 8, 2019 A108 Meeting Documents - Page 3874 TileLetter | May 2019'