A floor panel has a rectangular and oblong shape, and includes a substrate and a top layer provided on the substrate and forming a decorative side of the floor panel. The top layer is composed of a print provided on a carrier sheet and a transparent thermoplastic layer situated above the print. The substrate has a thickness from 2 to 10 millimeter and forms at least half of the thickness of the floor panel. The substrate is a polyurethane-based substrate and the transparent thermoplastic layer is polyurethane-based. The floor panel has a length of more than 1.1 meters and has a plurality of reinforcing layers situated outside the center line of the substrate. A reinforcing layer may be provided in combination with the substrate and the top layer.

A floor panel has a rectangular and oblong shape, and includes a substrate and a top layer provided on the substrate and forming a decorative side of the floor panel. The top layer is composed of a print provided on a carrier sheet and a transparent thermoplastic layer situated above the print. The substrate has a thickness from 2 to 10 millimeter and forms at least half of the thickness of the floor panel. The substrate is a polyurethane-based substrate and the transparent thermoplastic layer is polyurethane-based. The floor panel has a length of more than 1.1 meters and has a plurality of reinforcing layers situated outside the center line of the substrate. A reinforcing layer may be provided in combination with the substrate and the top layer.

This invention refers to a one-piece ceramic-tile levelling system comprised of a base from which a longitudinally partially-threaded stem rises perpendicular to the flat surface of the base. The device also consists of a torque hood composed of a partially-threaded cylindrical orifice, to the walls of which said stem is attached in an arrangement concentric to said orifice by means of frangible connections. The stem thread and the torque hood thread are complementary to one another so that when the frangible connections are broken, the torque hood is screwed onto the stem in such a way that a face of the torque hood parallel to the flat surface of the base closes in on the same, levelling the two adjacent tiles as it does so.

A panel and accompanying method of construction thereof, the panel comprising a first panel element, the first panel element having a substantially planar outer surface, the second, opposite surface having extending therefrom a plurality of paired walls, each pair extending laterally at least partway across the face of the second surface and defining a channel therebetween, a plurality of throughapertures defined in the first panel element, a second panel element having a substantially planar outer surface, and a second, opposite surface having extending therefrom a plurality of paired walls, each pair extending laterally at least partway across the face of the second surface and defining a channel therebetween, the second panel element defining a plurality of throughapertures therethrough, one or more of the throughapertures opening into a tubular element extending from the second surface, a strengthening member located in a channel between paired walls of a panel element.

A floor panel has a rectangular and oblong shape, and includes a substrate and a top layer provided on the substrate and forming a decorative side of the floor panel. The top layer is composed of a print provided on a carrier sheet and a transparent thermoplastic layer situated above the print. The substrate has a thickness from 2 to 10 millimeter and forms at least half of the thickness of the floor panel. The substrate is a polyurethane-based substrate and the transparent thermoplastic layer is polyurethane-based. The floor panel has a length of more than 1.1 meters and has a plurality of reinforcing layers situated outside the center line of the substrate. A reinforcing layer may be provided in combination with the substrate and the top layer.

A grout removal tool has a first long grout scraping board with an elongate through slot and a second long grout scraping board having at least two drill holes aligned with the slot for accepting screw bolts, the boards held together by screw bolts and wingnuts the boards adjustable to extend the overall working length of the tool. The tool further including a depth adjustment block mounted to one of the grout scraping boards, the block installed over threaded posts seated into the end of the host scraping board and extending through an elongate slot or slots with wingnuts, the depth adjustment block adjustable to preserve an offset dimension leveraged by an operator to remove excess grout from around a fixed feature by placing the offset block down on top of the fixed feature and removing grout around the feature according to the offset dimension.

Support element for spacers comprising a base provided for being placed on a surface elevation pedestal, which basis is provided with at least a first and a second window having a curved geometry, each window being provided for applying therein one of the spacers in such a manner that the spacer can be freely moved in the window in which it is applied and be guided by that window when being moved, the first and second window each having a start section and a final section, the final section of the first window and the start section of the second window being juxtaposed one to each other in such a manner that a linear axis starting from a centre of the basis in a direction towards an external border of the basis crosses successively the final section of the first window and the start section of the second window.

Floor panels are provided with a mechanical locking system including a flexible locking element in a locking groove which during a horizontal motion is displaced vertically. A panel system including a plurality of rectangular panels with long and short edges which are mechanically connectable to each other along at least one pair of adjacent edges, said panels each being provided with a tongue and groove formed in one piece with the panels for mechanically locking together said adjacent edges at right angles to the principal plane of the panels, thereby forming a vertical mechanical connection between the panels, said panels being provided with a first locking element at one first edge formed in one piece with the panel and a locking groove at an opposite second edge, the locking groove being open towards a rear side or a front side of the panel.

A system for a leveling spacer including a spacer assembly, a tile assembly and a mosaic assembly is disclosed. The leveling spacer is used to level tiles on an uneven surface. The spacer includes cross members that define perforations therebetween. Adhesive of the tile assembly is placed on the uneven surface. The spacer is mounted onto the adhesive which seeps through the perforations. Tiles of the tile assembly are then secured onto the spacer with the adhesive that seeped through. The tiles are leveled on the spacer to a height that matches surrounding tiles. The spacer comes in various heights to allow leveling as needed.

A grout removal tool has a first long grout scraping board with an elongate through slot and a second long grout scraping board having at least two drill holes aligned with the slot for accepting screw bolts, the boards held together by screw bolts and wingnuts the boards adjustable to extend the overall working length of the tool. The tool further including a depth adjustment block mounted to one of the grout scraping boards, the block installed over threaded posts seated into the end of the host scraping board and extending through an elongate slot or slots with wingnuts, the depth adjustment block adjustable to preserve an offset dimension leveraged by an operator to remove excess grout from around a fixed feature by placing the offset block down on top of the fixed feature and removing grout around the feature according to the offset dimension.