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From Chip O’Rear, Architectural Consultant for Custom Building Products:

“As I was finishing the kitchen floor in Darrell’s house, I looked up and saw that he was watching me. You could see the happiness and appreciation in his eyes. He said it looked great but the look alone was beyond words. For me personally, if a homeowner thanks me for the little that I do to help them, it means so much more than I could have imagined if I not been involved in the project.”

"Our homeowners are excited about having tile in their homes. Not only is it a beautiful floor covering, it is durable over the years and makes their home investment more valuable." --Ray Maynard, Construction Director, Atlanta Habitat

"Tile Partners for Humanity has made a truly generous donation to our organization. Our homeowners can enjoy tile in their kitchens, utility rooms and bathrooms, and what's more, they helped install it, so they learned a new skill in the process." --Larrie Del Martin, President & Executive Director, Atlanta Habitat for Humanity
Pittsburgh Project: Atlanta HFH (Georgia, November/December 2004)
     
The sister of new Habitat homeowner helps her set tile, donated by Doyle Dickerson of Stone Mountain, in her home in Atlanta''s Pittsburgh neighborhood.
   
   
Project:   Six homes totaling nearly 2,300 square feet of floor tile
Affiliate:   Atlanta Habitat for Humanity
Doyle Dickerson   700 square feet of 12x12 ceramic and porcelain tile for two
homes plus installation labor and training for one day
Florida Tile:   700 square feet of 12x12 ceramic tile for two homes
Zumpano Enterprises:   880 square feet of 12x12 ceramic tile for two homes
Elite Building Products   Setting materials for the full project, including thinset mortar,
sanded grout and tile cleaning products. Elite also donated labor
on several days to work with homeowners, Habitat house leaders
and community volunteers to teach them to set tile.
James Hardie Building Products:   Hardibacker tile backerboard for the full project as well
as several days of installation labor and training to work
with homeowners and Habitat volunteers.
NATTCO:   New tile tools for the full project
Easy Pull Tile Spacer:   Tile spacers for the project
Aqua Mix:   Cleaners and sealers for the full project
Custom Building Products:   Installation labor and training for one day to teach volunteers and homeowners to set tile in one home
Industry partners donated tile, setting materials, backerboard, tools, cleaners, sealers and installation labor and training to tile six homes in Atlanta’s Pittsburgh neighborhood in partnership with Atlanta Habitat for Humanity. Partners worked from late October through early January to complete the homes, which the affiliate built on staggered schedules. The affiliate asked that the industry split the tile installation over three work days so that a number of volunteers could participate. As a result, volunteers installed backerboard on one day, tile on another, and grout on a third. Several homeowners joined volunteers to set tile in their homes. The affiliate also asked industry partners to spend time working with Atlanta Habitat house leaders to teach them to install tile in an effort to make the project a sustainable one.
 
Matt Tyson and Gordon McKnight of James Hardie Building Products, new homeowner Shemika Fluker, and Ally Fertitta of TPFH visit on the front steps of Fluker’s new home   An Atlanta Habitat volunteer carries a piece of Hardibacker tile backerboard to the bathroom of Shemika Fluker's new home in Atlanta's Pittsburgh neighborhood.
     
 
Elite Sales Representative John Gallman donated time to teach Atlanta Habitat house leaders to install tile with Elite setting materials.   Bill Olsen, president of Elite Building Products, mixes Elite thinset mortar donated by his company for six homes in Atlanta's Pittsburgh neighborhood.
     
 
Chip O'Rear of Custom Building Products donated time to install tile in this Habitat home in Atlanta's Pittsburgh neighborhood.   Stanley Smith and Sidney Smith from the Doyle Dickerson Company donated time to install tile, also donated by Doyle Dickerson, in this Habitat home in Atlanta.
     
 
Gordon McKnight of James Hardie Building Products installs Hardibacker board in this Habitat home in Atlanta.   James Hardie Building Products Regional Sales Manager Gordon McKnight and Sales Representative Gary Greaves set a piece of Hardibacker in this Atlanta home.
     
 
JHBP's Gordon McKnight, left, and Matt Tyson, right, work with two Habitat volunteers to cut a piece of Hardibacker in the home of Shemika Fluker in Atlanta.   Brian Wiggins, an Americorps member with Atlanta Habitat, works with his wife Kristin to set a piece of Hardibacker in the doorway of this Habitat home in Atlanta.
     
 
An Atlanta Habitat house leader works with a local volunteer to install Florida Tile with Elite thinset mortar in this Atlanta Habitat home.   Denise Childs, an Atlanta Habitat house leader, sets Orchid Tile donated by Zumpano Enterprises with Elite Building Products thinset mortar and NATTCO tools.
     
 
A Habitat volunteer sets Hardibacker tile backerboard with a NATTCO notched trowel and Elite thinset mortar.   Lisa, a Habitat homeowner in Atlanta, uses a NATTCO notched trowel to spread Elite thinset in the kitchen of her new home.
     
 
Lisa, a Habitat homeowner in Atlanta, worked with these two contractors from the Doyle Dickerson Company of Stone Mountain, Georgia, to tile her new home.   Two volunteers from the Atlanta AIG office stand with new homeowner, Yolanda, after grouting her bathroom floor.
     
 
Custom's Chip O'Rear, new homeowners Louise and Darrell, with Atlanta Habitat volunteer Charles inside this Habitat home in Atlanta   Val Smith and Mark Honeycutt of Atlanta Habitat for Humanity set tile donated by Zumpano Enterprises with Elite setting materials in Shemika Fluker's home.
     
 
Denise Childs, an Atlanta Habitat house leader, uses a NATTCO grout float to clean Elite grout from tile donated by Zumpano Enterprises in this Atlanta home.   Brian Wiggins, an Americorps member with Atlanta Habitat for Humanity, stretches to clean a floor he just grouted with Elite's sanded grout.
     
 
Mark Honeycutt, an Americorps member working with Atlanta Habitat, uses a NATTCO sponge and bucket to clean Elite grout from the tile floor in this Atlanta home.   New homeowner Shemika Fluker and her two daughters moved into this Habitat home, which was tiled with tile donated by Zumpano Enterprises.
     
 
Volunteers used Easy Pull Tile Spacers to install tile donated by Florida Tile in this Habitat home in Atlanta.   Zumpano donated tile for the home of Shemika Fluker in Atlanta's Pittsburgh neighborhood.