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I think this partnership will help us educate our affiliates across the country to the importance of building a house that is usable by the families and which, by its very nature, will be easy to clean and the families will be able to keep clean at a very minimal expense.
-- Millard Fuller, Founder and President, Habitat for Humanity International

Ceramic Tile Institute of America:
Habitat for Humanity of Orange County
(California, April 2004)

CTIOA Executive Director Gray LaFortune and Assistant Director Paul Wilson donated their time and expertise to train 20 crew leaders with the Habitat for Humanity of Orange County affiliate in Costa Mesa, California, on Saturday, April 17, 2004. The affiliate’s crew leaders taught local volunteers to set tile and successfully installed nearly 3,000 square feet in five homes in Costa Mesa.

 
CTIOA Executive Director Gray LaFortune shows HFHOC volunteers how to examine tiles prior to installation in the Habitat homes.   CTIOA Assistant Director Paul Wilson shows HFHOC volunteers how to measure a straight edge on a cut tile.
     
 
An HFHOC volunteer watches Paul Wilson measure the floor as the first step of tile layout.   Gray LaFortune pours Custom thinset into a bucket as an HFHOC watches the demonstration.
     
 
CTIOA’s Gray LaFortune, right, joins representatives of Custom Building Products and Habitat for Humanity or Orange County at the dedication ceremony for the five Costa Mesa homes.   Paul Wilson shows an Orchid tile he cut to fit around a corner in an HFHOC home.
     
 
Paul Wilson spreads Custom thinset over Custom’s RedGard   Paul Wilson demonstrates how to set tile in this HFHOC home.
     
 
Paul Wilson shows HFHOC volunteers how to check a tile to make sure enough thinset was applied before installation.   Paul Wilson shows volunteers how to use a sponge to wipe off excess thinset from tiles after they have been set.