Hi Partners,
Once again Dr. Fred will be holding another Stone and Tile Inspection class.
Dates: Nov 1-5, 2010
Location: The Stone and Tile School , DeBary, FL
Cost: $2500.00, but with your partner discount: $2250.00.
Stone and tile inspection services are in big demand due to the increase in use of both tile and stone. Unlike carpet inspections that can be as low as $75 per inspection, the average stone and tile inspection is in excess of $1000.00. Learn how you can enter this lucrative field.
Everything you need to become a Certified Marble and Stone Inspector
The Marble and Stone Inspection Course:
for The Stone Forensics certification, sponsored by The Stone and Tile School
This class covers all aspects of stone inspection including:
- The geology of stone and marble
- Understanding the structure of different kinds of stone and marble materials
- Identification of stone and marble
- Quarrying techniques that affect the final product
- Production: The production of tiles and slabs
- Fabrication and installation requirements
- Physical and Chemical testing
- Diagnosis of problems
- Stone restoration including refinishing and polishing
- Filling and tile replacement
- Grinding and polishing
- Stain removal
- ……and Troubleshooting
- Lippage
- Bleeding
- Staining and stain repair
- Water rings
- Field repairs
- ...and other tricky stone situations
The marble and stone inspection certification covers all aspects of marble and stone such as limestone, granite, terrazzo, slate, onyx and quartzite and their use in flooring and other applications. This includes stone restoration, fabrication, polishing, burnishing and repairing. As well as how to evaluate installations, understand crack propagation, and troubleshoot failures and problem solving. Problems such as efflorescence, subfluorescence and lippage are covered. The use and choice of grout, mastic, epoxy, slip membranes, crack suppressors and support and underlayment systems are included. This class or course is approved for certification; certification is necessary to becoming a third party inspector or expert witness.
Here's what one of your fellow Partners, Phil Campbell, had to say about this course:
"WOW! What a great school Fred Hueston teaches on stone forensics. His class was the most interesting and informative class I've been to. Fred's style keeps your attention & he takes the time to let everyone contribute to the lesson. Fred's class has a good common sense approach on how to start a consulting business and THEN the field trip to actually see the failures and talk about them with everybody was worth the trip alone. I've been to a lot of schools and this one is defintly worth the time and money if you want to become a expert witness or consultant.”
Phil Campbell
Campbells Stone Restoration
.....If you have questions, just ask Dr. Fred on the discussion group, or John Frietag. You can also contact us at Stone and Tile Pros and we will get answers for you. Sounds like a great course to add to your knowledge and "money-making" base.
Have a great day and look forward to hearing from you.
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Doug Smith
Director Partner Support
Stone and Tile PROS, Inc.
(877) 715.5313 option 1