b'NTCA MEMBER SPOTLIGHTandwhiletheserelationshipsarereally do see the benefit. I was just beginning, I feel that it truly isoneofthosepridefulinstallers the beginning of something specialwhothought,Idontneeda and great things are going to comepiece of paper to tell me what I from it, he said.can do. I realize how silly that ThoughLambertisnotyetaisnow,andknowthatithas Certified Tile Installer (CTI), he hasmore to do with improving the vowed that his coworkers and heindustry that I love than it has to will take and pass the test this year.do with me.Here are Lamberts reasons: Lambertsummeduphiswork, 1. We want to be part of the effort,saying, The greatest joy for me is raisingindustrystandards. Thisthe homeowners happiness. I had notonlybenefitstheinstalleraclientwalkinonetimeaswe but the homeowner as well.were finishing and her eyes filled 2. Its silly to produce the qualitywithtearsofjoy.ShesaidIjust of work that we do and not havecant believe that this is my house. this certification.I dont know how you could ever 3. John Roberts said I had to.top the joy and satisfaction that I 4. After speaking to several CTIs, Ifelt in that moment.This was before scribing was cool and popular. The challenge for the bubble tile project was to precut all the field tiles (with lots of core bits and lots of time) to fit the bubble tile that was going in the corner. In the funky drain photo, Todd Neubauer hand scribed the field tile to fit the drain the homeowner bought.62TileLetter | February 2020'