In an aspect a method of manufacturing a ceiling panel is described. The method may include: combining a binding agent with plastic flakes; passing the plastic flakes and the binding agent to a lamination machine; applying a force to the binding agent and the plastic flakes using the lamination machine to create a plastic sheet; and adding a decorative ceiling treatment to a first side of the plastic sheet.

In an aspect a method of manufacturing a ceiling panel is described. The method may include: combining a binding agent with plastic flakes; passing the plastic flakes and the binding agent to a lamination machine; applying a force to the binding agent and the plastic flakes using the lamination machine to create a plastic sheet; and adding a decorative ceiling treatment to a first side of the plastic sheet.

A production line and process including a moving carrier web for transporting the panel, and a device for controlling thickness of a formed, but not yet set, fiber reinforced cementitious panel slurry on the web. The thickness control device may include an angled rigid plate for contacting a downstream end of the angled plate with the slurry on the moving carrier web and a mounting stand for mounting the angled rigid. The thickness control device may include a flat horizontal plate at a fixed height over the moving carrier for contacting the entire lower surface of the horizontal plate with a facer on the slurry on the moving carrier web. Or, the thickness control device may include the angled plate and include the horizontal plate that contacts the facer.

A production line and process including a moving carrier web for transporting the panel, and a device for controlling thickness of a formed, but not yet set, fiber reinforced cementitious panel slurry on the web. The thickness control device may include an angled rigid plate for contacting a downstream end of the angled plate with the slurry on the moving carrier web and a mounting stand for mounting the angled rigid. The thickness control device may include a flat horizontal plate at a fixed height over the moving carrier for contacting the entire lower surface of the horizontal plate with a facer on the slurry on the moving carrier web. Or, the thickness control device may include the angled plate and include the horizontal plate that contacts the facer.

The disclosure relates to a method of preparing an installation, to a method of installation of a false ceiling or wall, to a tile for use in such a false ceiling or wall and to a false ceiling or false wall.

The method of preparing an installation comprises: calculating (202) format, position and orientation for each individual tile in the suspended ceiling or wall, associating (202; 206) each individual tile with a unique tile identity, producing (300) the individual tiles according to the calculated format, providing (301) respective tile with the tile identity of respective tile, providing (302) a representation of the suspended ceiling or wall including an association of the position of respective tile with respective tile identity.

A floor or wall covering panel has a top and a bottom surface, and at least four sides, where a first and a second side include a first and a second connection profile, respectively, the first profile being configured for mechanically engaging and interlocking with the second profile of another panel, the first profile including a tongue protruding beyond the top edge of the first side, where the second profile includes a groove recessed with respect to the top edge of the second side, the groove is delimited at its bottom by a base, the panel is of laminar structure including a rigid core layer and a wear layer arranged on the core layer, where the core layer includes a first and a second sublayer of a first and a second composite material, respectively, the second sublayer being arranged atop the first sublayer, where both composite materials comprise thermoplastic material and filler material but are of different formulations, and the base delimiting the groove bottom is realized essentially within the first core sublayer.

The invention relates to a surface element (1), intended for use as a floor, wall and/or ceiling surface element for a floor, wall and/or ceiling covering, having at least one carrier plate (2) and at least one functional layer (3), wherein the carrier plate (2) comprises a top side (5) facing a usable side (4) and an underside (7) opposite the top side (5) and facing the underground (6). According to the invention, it is provided that the functional layer (3) is provided underneath the carrier plate (2), and that the functional layer (3) is designed in such a way that, in the installed state, it projects beyond the side edge (10) of the side (8), in particular of the long side (9), on at least one side (8), especially on at least one long side (9).

A covering element includes a carrier plate having a mineral material, the carrier plate formed as a flat mineral carrier plate with a content of cement larger than 35 percent by volume and with a content of natural fibers of 1 to 40% by volume. The carrier plate has a thickness between 3 and 15 mm and carries a polymer-containing decor layer on a front side of the carrier plate. Complementary recesses and protrusions are provided on opposing lateral edges of the carrier plate of the covering element, such that in an assembled condition of two or more covering elements the complementary recesses and protrusions engage with each other, wherein a portion of a polymer contained in the polymer containing decor layer penetrates into the carrier plate.

A covering element includes a carrier plate having a mineral material, the carrier plate formed as a flat mineral carrier plate with a content of cement larger than 35 percent by volume and with a content of natural fibers of 1 to 40% by volume. The carrier plate has a thickness between 3 and 15 mm and carries a polymer-containing decor layer on a front side of the carrier plate. Complementary recesses and protrusions are provided on opposing lateral edges of the carrier plate of the covering element, such that in an assembled condition of two or more covering elements the complementary recesses and protrusions engage with each other, wherein a portion of a polymer contained in the polymer containing decor layer penetrates into the carrier plate.

A floor and wall covering plank includes sequentially, from bottom to top, a waterproof substrate, an adhesive layer, a veneer layer, a paint protective layer, a UV protective layer. The plank may further include optionally one or more of a padding layer and veneer layer below the waterproof substrate. The edges of the planks are routed to form a click locking system, squared or angled edges, or a tongue and groove configuration for assembling different planks together to form a floor or a wall covering. The waterproof substrate includes, in weight percentage, about 20-50% polymer material such as vinyl containing thermoplastics resin, about 20-50% calcium carbonate filler, and about 3-20% of the wood flour. A method is provided to make the floor and wall covering plank. The method includes extruding the waterproof core substrate.