Thin Decorative Surface Covering

A method for installing a decorative surface covering on a floor, comprising:

• providing decorative surface covering elements, each one of said decorative surface covering elements having a to surface a bottom surface and lateral edges, said decorative surface covering element having a height of 4 mm or less,
• each one of said decorative surface covering elements being configured as a multi-layered compound comprising a polymer-based core layer laminated between a backing layer and a wear layer, said core layer comprising a core material having a lesser shore hardness than said backing layer and said wear layer;
• each one of said decorative surface covering elements comprising a first connecting profile, integral with said multi-layered compound, extending along at least one of said edges, said first connecting profile comprising at least one protrusion realised in said core layer, said protrusion having side surfaces for being seized between opposite surfaces of a recess in a second connecting profile, configured for mating with said first connecting profile, of another decorative surface covering element,
• each one of said decorative surface covering elements comprising a second connecting profile, integral with said multi-layered compound, extending along another one of said edges, said second connecting profile comprising at least one recess realised in said core layer, said recess having opposite surfaces for seizing a protrusion of a first connecting profile of another decorative surface covering element;
• wherein the decorative surface covering elements are rectangular and comprise said first and second connecting profiles on a first and a second long edge, respectively, the decorative surface covering elements comprising a third and a fourth connecting profile on a first and a second short edge, respectively;
• laying out the decorative surface covering elements row by row in such a way that the first connecting profile is in 12 o'clock position, the third connecting profile in 3 o'clock position, the second connecting profile at in 6 o'clock position and the fourth connecting profile in 9 o'clock position relative to a person laying out the decorative surface covering elements;
• when laying a decorative surface covering element, inserting the first connecting profile thereof into the second connecting profile of the decorative surface covering elements of the previous row, lowering the decorative surface covering element onto the floor, sliding the decorative surface covering element to the left or the right while keeping the decorative surface covering element connected with the previous row and connecting the decorative surface covering element with a previously installed decorative surface covering element on the left or on the right using the third and fourths connecting profiles.