Steve Tolli Guild Peer Reviewed Consultant and Inspector

Mr. Tolli has been working for over Fifty years within the floor covering industry, beginning as apprentice installer, retail manager dealing with problems related to all types of flooring materials. 

At present, his services include substrate moisture testing, installation training, consulting, site-inspections, lab testing, pre-inspection of job-sites and specifications, ADA slip coefficient compliance. Inspection of structural integrity of residential and commercial structures prior to installations. 

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1.  Laminate Manufacturing

2.  Wood Manufacturing, Engineered & Solid

3.  Floating Floor Manufacturing

4.  Adhesives & Urethane Manufacturing

5.  Cork Manufacturing

6.  Carpet, Tufted & Woven

7.  Sheet vinyl & Tile

8.  Patching Compounds

9.  Substrate Moisture Testing & pH analysis 

10.  Bamboo Flooring Manufacturing

College or University.  

2002.       National Oak Flooring Manufacturers Association * Wood Installation & Finishing School Graduate

2002 National Oak Flooring Manufacturers Association * Certified Inspectors Course Graduate

1983  Rockland Community College * Business Management 

Organization: S/L Inspection Service

Title: Sole Proprietor

Summary:  

S/L Inspection is a recognized authority in the flooring industry, offering professional consultation, certified inspections and analysis of materials regarding complaints pertaining to the manufacture, specification, installation, performance and maintenance of the following floor covering materials.

1.  Wood Flooring; Solid & Engineered

2.  Laminate Flooring, glued and self-lock

3.  Cork Floating Floors, Roll Cork & Tiles

4.  Carpet, tufted & woven

5.  Sheet vinyl,  plank  LVT & VCT Tile

6.  Bamboo Flooring Materials

Scope of work includes consultant to architects, specifiers, building inspectors, safety inspectors and designers as well as insurance adjusters, contractors, installers manufacturers and attorneys. Conducting seminars, ( AIA Credits )on installation and related issues to product knowledge and their performance. Appeared as expert witness, mediator and certified arbitrator resolving legal issues with conclusion.

From: 1993

To: 2003  Organization: Amorim Revestimentos

Summary:  

1.  Executive director / Tech Services – North America

2.  Certified instructor c/o European Council

3.  Cork Flooring, includes tile and floating floors / Engineered Wood

Portugal based company, responsible for installation training programs and product knowledge to their flooring systems. Rendering as needed, technical advice to distributors, retailers and their installers on product applications and to determine cause, effect and correction of product claims. Consulting since 1990.

From: 1977

To: 1989 Organization: Retail Floor Covering Store

Title: Manager

Summary:  

Engaged in commercial and residential installations. Responsible for hiring, training, scheduling, purchasing, overseeing twenty-nine personnel.

From: 1975

To: 1977

Summary: Apprentice Installer

From 1989 to Present

1.  Memberships (Past or Present), Flooring Consultants and Inspection Training Services Inc. f/ka Floor Covering Institute of Technical Services (FCITS)

1.  Senior Carpet & Hard Surface Inspector #121 (FCITS)

• Woven Carpet Certification
• Wood Certification
• Relative Humidity, ASTM-2170
• 5.  Commercial Carpet Certification

2.  Member, National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA)

• Installation, Sand & Finish School Instructor ( NWFA )
• Member of Original Inspectors Certification Committee ( NWFA )
• Certified Wood Inspector, CP0403116
• Co-Instructor of  NWFA Substrate Course
• NWFA Vanguard Award for Contributing to Wood Flooring Industry
• Member, World Floor Covering Association (WFCA)
• Member, Long Island Floor Covering Club (LIFCC)

3. Member, National Institute of Certified Floor Covering Inspectors (NICFI)

4. Member, International Certified Flooring Installers Association, Inc. (CFI)

• Certified Hard Surface Installer #H0016 (CFI)
• Technical & Carpet Inspection Certification, #IT203

5. Member, Floor Covering Installation Contractors Association (FCICA)

6. Academy of Textiles and Flooring (ATF) – Senior Carpet & Resilient Inspector

7. Advanced Flooring Specialists (AFS) – Laminate / Wood Instructor

8. PERGO, Inc. - Master Installer Certification

9. The Wood Flooring Manufacturing Association f/k/a National Oak Flooring

• Manufacturing Association (NOFMA), Certified Wood Inspector

10. Mannington Corporation – Salem New Jersey, Certified Inspector, Claims adjuster

11. Speaker at numerous seminars for contractors, architects and interior designers

12. In Association with Douglas Peterson & Associates Inc.

13. Technical advisor for Globus Cork, manufacturer

14. Floor Inspectors Educational Guild Peer Reviewed Inspector and Consultant

1.  Clean Fax Magazine

2.  Hardwood Floors Magazine

3.  Floor Covering Weekly

4.  TV & Radio appearances

5.  Author of Substrate Exam, Contributing author to remaining inspector exams. (NWFA)

6.  Commercial Flooring Report Magazine ( Article )

7.  What is cork flooring? How Stuff Works Article 10/09

8.  Extreme Makeover Television Show Participant, Provided consultation, Installation of Flooring

9.  Hardwood Floors Magazine Oct/Nov 2012 issue Complicated Cork Floor Resanding

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• Microsoft, Commercial and Residential Properties
• Multiple Movie & Television Actors, Private & Residential Properties
• New York City Hall & New York City Court Houses
• Multiple High Profile New York Contractors and Architectural Firms
• Extreme Makeover Television Show Participant, Provided consultation, Installation of Flooring
• Hardwood Floors Magazine Oct/Nov 2012 issue Complicated Cork Floor Resanding
• Multiple High Profile New York Attorney Firms
• Multiple USA Universities, consulting and or overseeing installations Locations in several countries, Canada, Portugal, England, Germany, France, Spain, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, China, Thailand, Cambodia 
• Participated with the wood flooring restoration at Buckingham Palace after 1993 fire,
• Multiple large flooring installations throughout New York City, including the largest renovation of a residential building, installation over 1.2 million sq. ft. of wood flooring