Articles and methods for laying ceramic tile floor
First Claim
1. A method of laying ceramic tile onto a substrate comprising the steps of (a) releasably adhering a sheet to the substrate, and (b) bonding at least one ceramic tile to the sheet, wherein the step of bonding the ceramic tile to the sheet includes applying a mortar to the sheet and laying the ceramic tile in the mortar, and wherein the step of releasably adhering a sheet to the substrate comprises selecting the sheet to have a thickness of up to 1/32 inch and to be composed of paper with a plastic film bonded or laminated thereto.
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Abstract
Ceramic floors and methods of making thereof such that the ceramic tiles are quickly and easily removable from the floor substrate and replaceable at a future date.
A ceramic tile floor is laid by releasably adhering a sheet to a floor substrate and bonding at least one ceramic tile to the sheet.
A plurality of pre-fabricated articles each comprising a sheet and one or more ceramic tiles bonded to the sheet are laid onto the floor substrate with sheet edges abutting, and the sheets are releasably adhered to the floor substrate. The tile edges are set inwardly from the sheet edges so that a tile of one article is spaced from a tile of another article when the articles are laid. A non-Portland cement grout, preferably urethane grout, is provided between adjacent tiles.
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18 Claims
- 1. A method of laying ceramic tile onto a substrate comprising the steps of (a) releasably adhering a sheet to the substrate, and (b) bonding at least one ceramic tile to the sheet, wherein the step of bonding the ceramic tile to the sheet includes applying a mortar to the sheet and laying the ceramic tile in the mortar, and wherein the step of releasably adhering a sheet to the substrate comprises selecting the sheet to have a thickness of up to 1/32 inch and to be composed of paper with a plastic film bonded or laminated thereto.
- 6. A method for laying of ceramic tile onto a substrate comprising providing a plurality of articles each including a sheet having a thickness of up to 1/32 inch and composed of paper with a plastic film bonded or laminated thereto, at least one ceramic tile bonded to one side of the sheet with a mortar, and a releasable adhesive on an other side of the sheet for releasably adhering the sheet to a substrate, the method further comprising laying the articles so that edges of the sheets of adjacent ones of the articles abut, and releasably adhering the sheets to the substrate.
- 10. An article for applying to a substrate for laying of ceramic tile onto the substrate, the article comprising a prefabricated combination of a sheet, a releasable adhesive applied to one side of said sheet for bonding said sheet to the substrate, and a mortar bonding said at least one tile to an other side of said sheet, wherein said sheet has a thickness of up to 1/32 inch and is composed of paper with a plastic film bonded or laminated thereto.
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