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.
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A method for installing a water control flooring system, the method comprising:
- securing a plurality of wall isolation boards to a wall frame so that a floor edge of each wall isolation board is adjacent to a subfloor to form a subfloor seam between the subfloor and the floor edge of each wall isolation board and to form a plurality of individual wall seams between adjacent said wall isolation boards;
- installing a waterproof layer to cover the subfloor seam and to cover at least a portion of each wall seam, the waterproof layer comprising a waterproof resin applied to a portion of the subfloor and to an entirety of an outward side of each 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 water control flooring system, the method comprising:
- securing a plurality of wall isolation boards to a wall frame so that a floor edge of each wall isolation board is adjacent to a subfloor, the plurality of wall isolation boards secured to the wall frame in a way that forms a plurality of individual wall seams between adjacent said wall isolation boards;
- securing a plurality of floor isolation boards to the subfloor so that a wall edge of each floor isolation board is adjacent to one or more wall isolation boards of the plurality of wall isolation boards to form a joint seam between the plurality of floor isolation boards and the plurality of wall isolation boards, the plurality of floor isolation boards secured to the subfloor in a way that forms a plurality of individual floor seams between adjacent said floor isolation boards, the plurality of floor isolation boards secured to the subfloor in a way that forms a subfloor seam between the subfloor and an outward edge of each floor isolation board, the outward edge opposite the wall edge;
- installing a waterproof layer to cover the subfloor seam, the plurality of floor seams, and at least a portion of each wall seam, the waterproof layer comprising a waterproof resin applied to the plurality of floor isolation boards, to a portion of the subfloor, and to an entirety of an outward side of each 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.