The Surface: An Industry-Specific Blog

Are you planning a commercial shower installation? Are you unsure if solid surface or tile is the right fit for your application? If so, you’ve come to the right place.

Topics: custom showers, solid surface showers, custom shower base, solid surface shower base, solid surface solutions

We are happy to be expanding our partnership with The Center for Health Design by displaying our Tower Industries Solid Surface Shower Systems at their Memory Care: Design for the Aging Mind Pebble-in-Practice Workshop in Baltimore next week.

Topics: Hospitals, Healthcare, solid surface showers, barrier-free shower, Tradeshows

We are excited to be partnering with The Center for Health Design at their Behavioral Health Pebble-in-Practice workshop next week in Baltimore! Hope to see you there!

Topics: Healthcare, solid surface showers, Tradeshows, Behavioral Health

Topics: Hospitals, Showers - Hospitals, Tradeshows, Company News

Congratulations to our President, Todd Werstler, as the recipient of the 2019 Northeast Ohio Brightest Lights Entrepreneur of the Year Award. The award is presented by M. Conley Company in partnership with the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce. The recipient is selected from one of twelve local businesses nominated by M. Conley Company throughout the year. With bright, new ideas and entrepreneurial zeal, the nominees exemplify the future businesses that will lead to improving Stark County and the surrounding community.

Topics: Company News

Tower Industries will be exhibiting at the 2019 PDC Summit and Exhibition in Phoenix, Arizona, between March 17–20, 2019. This dynamic event unites senior leaders from health care facilities, design firms, and construction companies to share perspectives, gain knowledge, and shape the future of the health care built environment. Sessions provoke insights from every angle, providing health care PDC leaders with a well-rounded approach to the challenges and innovations on the horizon in 2019 and beyond.

Topics: Tower Surfaces, Tradeshows

During the ASHE PDC Conference in Nashville, TN, we announced the launch of the first anti-ligature drain cover made exclusively for solid surface showers.  When planning the construction of a bathroom for patients suffering from mental illness, it is essential in the design process to eliminate points where a cord, rope, or bed sheet can be looped or tied to a fixture to create a point of ligature, which may result in self-harm or in extreme cases, loss of life.  Tower Industries’ patent-pending design accomplishes these goals and more.

Topics: Hospitals, Healthcare, Architect, Showers, Commercial, Showers - Hospitals

For students looking at prospective schools, campus life is a big deal. Most college students spend their freshman and sophomore years living in residence halls, if not all four years. Naturally, it makes sense that the quality of student housing weighs on the choice of colleges. Prospective students expect to be shown around campus, and it can be somewhat embarrassing to show off the heavily worn residence halls and student housing buildings.

Topics: shower bases, Universities, Architect, Showers, University, Showers - Universities

Solid surface showers are simple to clean and maintain. You don't have to put in any backbreaking work like you would with fiberglass and other less sturdy materials. Here are 3 steps to keeping your solid surface shower clean:

Topics: Hospitals, Universities, Architect, Homeowner, Hospitality, Commercial, Showers - Hospitals, Showers - Universities

When designing a university shower, there are a lot of things to keep in mind. Showers in residence halls receive constant use, so they need to look good, stay clean, and last. Here are a few key things to consider when designing university showers.

Topics: Universities, Showers, Commercial, Showers - Universities