Greetings Floor Trends and Installation readers! Do not adjust your dials. My name is Ken Ballin, and I will be taking over the installation content this month—in an industry-first Ballin Knows Best (BKB) takeover of the publication. That's right, myself and our team of Ballin Knows Best mentors will be taking over and providing the content this month, covering different flooring categories with a few different subjects for your reading and listening pleasure.

In the year we've begun our journey together, we've laid the framework for our website and online community ballinknowsbest.com , developed the most interactive and intuitive AI bot in the industry designed to assist installers on the jobsite, recruited our top-notch team of mentors from different fields within the industry, and even brought on our first sponsor, iQ Power Tools, to help bring our vision to life.

IQ is no stranger to innovation themselves thus making them a great fit with BKB. While their claim to fame in the flooring and tile industry is a well-known line of dustless dry cutting tile saws, they don't rest on their laurels and will be bringing us even more innovation in the future. A bridge saw with a 52" rip capacity, an updated and upgraded 10" tile saw, and a new 10" semi continuous turbo hybrid blade are on the short list but stay tuned to see more from these industry rock stars as they continue to impress.