Method for making wooden tile

A method for producing wooden tile having first and second pairs of opposed peripheral edges comprising the steps of

• providing a plurality of small rectangular wooden blocks including opposed side and end edges, an underside and a topside having a wearing surface;
• forming in the underside of each block at least one first groove extending laterally between the side edges thereof and spaced inwardly from the end edges thereof and at least one second groove extending longitudinally between the end edges thereof parallel to and spaced inwardly from the side edges thereof and intersecting with the first grooves;
• dimensioning the blocks and locating the grooves such that, when the blocks are either side by side, side to end or end to end to form a tile, the first and second grooves are aligned to form first continuous, rectilinear channels having side walls and extending parallel to each other and to the first pair of opposed peripheral edges of the tile and second continuous, rectilinear channels having side walls and extending parallel to each other and to the second pair of opposed peripheral edges of the tile with the first and second grooves intersecting to form a grid-like network of channels;
• arranging and holding together the blocks in an abutting relationship and in a predetermined pattern;
• preforming from a relatively flexible synthetic plastic material a grid including a plurality of ribs which intersect and are arranged to fit into the channel network;
• inserting the grid into the channel network;
• and
• bonding the grid ribs to the side walls of the first and second channels.