Field-assembled water control flooring systems
OwnerJames R. Metzgerinventor
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Abstract
Described herein are methods and systems for installing flooring systems that provide waterproofing or water-control capabilities. The flooring systems can utilize a gypsum material or any other self-leveling or concrete material along with a structural board or any other type of cement, wood, gypsum board, compressed board, cellulose fiberboard, sheathing board, or sheet metal material. The flooring systems include a waterproof coating applied to the structural boards to provide the water-control features. The waterproof coating covers seams between structural boards and between structural boards and the subfloor.
Claims20
A method for installing a flooring system, the method comprising:
- securing a wall isolation board to a wall frame so that a bottom edge of the wall isolation board is adjacent to a subfloor;
- installing a waterproof layer on the subfloor and the wall isolation board so that the waterproof layer the contacts the subfloor and the wall isolation board and covers a seam between the subfloor and the wall isolation board, installing the waterproof layer including applying a waterproof resin to the subfloor and to the wall isolation board;
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- pouring cementitious product over the subfloor so that the poured cementitious product reaches a targeted height that does not exceed a top edge of the waterproof layer.
A method for installing a flooring system, the method comprising:
- securing a wall isolation board to a wall frame so that a bottom edge of the wall isolation board is adjacent to a subfloor;
- securing a floor isolation board to the subfloor so that the floor isolation board abuts with a portion of the wall isolation board;
- installing a waterproof layer on the subfloor, the wall isolation board, and the floor isolation board so that the waterproof layer contacts the subfloor and extends over the floor isolation board and the wall isolation board to cover a seam between the subfloor and the floor isolation board and to cover a seam between the floor isolation board and the wall isolation board, installing the waterproof layer including applying a waterproof resin to the subfloor, to the wall isolation board, and to the floor isolation board;
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- pouring cementitious product over the subfloor so that the poured cementitious product reaches a targeted height that does not exceed a top edge of the waterproof layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.