Dimensionally stable floor covering and method for the production thereof

A method for producing a floor covering, wherein the floor covering has a plastics core with an upper side and a lower side and a functional layer and a reinforcement mat arranged on the upper side, the reinforcement mat having fibers and voids disposed therebetween, wherein the method comprises the following steps:

• providing that the functional layer comprises a plastics film,
• providing a preproduced unit comprising the plastics film and the reinforcement mat, wherein the reinforcement mat is fastened onto the plastics film;
• bonding the preproduced unit to the plastics core such that the reinforcement mat is arranged between the upper side of the plastics core and the plastics film, and such that the plastics core is joined with the reinforcement mat and through the voids of the reinforcement mat to the plastics film;
• using a binding agent for:
• fixing the fibers of the reinforcement mat and
• fastening the reinforcement mat to the plastics film,
• wherein a ratio of a first portion of the area of the functional layer which is wetted or covered with the binding agent, assumes a value of between 2 and 80% in relation to the overall area of the functional layer such that the voids are defined in a second portion of the functional layer other than the first portion, in relation to the overall area of the functional layer, that is not wetted or covered with the binding agent, and
• positioning the fibers of the reinforcement mat only in the first portion of the area of the plastics film that is wetted or covered with the binding agent.