Method for arranging a flash coving profile in the transition between a floor and a wall and a combination of a flash coving profile and an end element

Abstract

There is provided a method for arranging a flash coving profile in the transition between a floor and a wall, wherein the method includes providing an end element, the end element including a transition part having an outer surface, an upper edge and a first side, and a wall fixator part, fixing the wall fixator part to the wall, placing the upper edge of the transition part in a holding space of the wall fixator part and fixing the transition part to the floor and/or the wall, and placing the first edge of the flash coving profile at its first end in the holding space such that the first side of the transition part is placed against the first end of the metal sheet, and the outer surface of the transition part lies substantially flush with the flooring of the flash coving profile.

Claims

1. A method for arranging a flash coving profile in the transition between a floor and a wall, comprising the steps of: providing a flash coving profile, the flash coving profile comprising: an elongate metal sheet with a first longitudinal edge and a second edge opposing the first longitudinal edge, wherein the first longitudinal edge and the second edge of the elongate metal sheet extend from a first end to a second end of the elongate metal sheet; a flexible flooring adhered to a first face of the elongate metal sheet, the flexible flooring extending from the first longitudinal edge to at least the second edge and from the first end to the second end; and a cove bent into the elongate metal sheet with the flexible flooring adhered to it along a bend line which is parallel to and spaced apart from the first longitudinal edge and on a side to which the flexible flooring is adhered, the flash coving profile having a first section extending between the first longitudinal edge and the cove and a second section extending between the second edge and the cove; adhering the first section of the flash coving profile to the wall; adhering the second section of the flash coving profile to the floor; and providing a further flexible flooring to the floor abutting the flexible flooring of the flash coving profile, providing an end element, the end element comprising a transition part having an outer surface, an upper edge and a first side, the first side to be placed against the first end of the elongate metal sheet, and a wall fixator part, wherein the wall fixator part comprises a holding space to hold the upper edge of the transition part and the first longitudinal edge of the elongate metal sheet at the first end, fixing the wall fixator part to the wall, placing the upper edge of the transition part in the holding space of the wall fixator part and fixing the transition part to the floor and/or the wall, and placing the first longitudinal edge of the flash coving profile at its the first end in the holding space such that the first side of the transition part is placed against the first end of the elongate metal sheet.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, when the first longitudinal edge of the flash coving profile at the first end is placed in the holding space, the outer surface of the transition part lies substantially flush with the flexible flooring of the flash coving profile.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the steps of fixing the wall fixator part to the wall and fixing the transition part to the floor and/or the wall are carried out before adhering the first section of the flash coving profile to the wall and the second section of the flash coving profile to the floor.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the end element is a left end cap element, a right end cap element, an inner corner element or an outer corner element.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the wall fixator part is made of metal and the transition part is made of a polymer material or a resin material.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the wall fixator part comprises one or more fixation holes wherein fixing the wall fixator part to the wall comprises screwing or gluing using the one or more fixation holes and wherein the transition part comprises one or more fixation holes, wherein fixing the transition part to the floor and/or the wall comprises screwing or gluing using the one or more fixation holes.

7. The method of claim 6, comprising the step of covering the fixation holes of the wall fixator part by the flash coving profile, transition part and/or further flooring and the step of covering the fixation holes of the transition part by the flash coving profile and/or further flooring.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: providing a second end element, the second end element comprising a transition part having an outer surface, an upper edge and a first side, the first side to be placed against the second end of the elongate metal sheet, and a wall fixator part, wherein the wall fixator part comprises a holding space to hold the upper edge of the transition part and the first longitudinal edge of the elongate metal sheet at the second end, fixing the wall fixator part of the second end element to the wall, placing the upper edge of the transition part of the second end element in the holding space of the wall fixator part and fixing the transition part to the floor and/or the wall, and placing the first longitudinal edge of the flash coving profile at the second end in the holding space such that the first side of the transition part is placed against the second end of the elongate metal sheet, and wherein the outer surface of the transition part lies substantially flush with the flexible flooring of the flash coving profile.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of welding the flexible flooring of the flash coving profile to the further flooring.

10. A combination of a flash coving profile and an end element, the flash coving profile comprising: an elongate metal sheet with a first longitudinal edge and a second edge opposing the first longitudinal edge, wherein the first longitudinal edge and the second edge of the elongate metal sheet extend from a first end to a second end of the elongate metal sheet; a flexible flooring adhered to a first face of the elongate metal sheet, the flexible flooring extending from the first longitudinal edge to at least the second edge and from the first end to the second end; and a cove bent into the elongate metal sheet with the flexible flooring adhered to it along a bend line which is parallel to and spaced apart from the first longitudinal edge and on a side to which the flexible flooring is adhered, and the end element comprising: a transition part having an outer surface, an upper edge and a first side, the first side to be placed against the first end or the second end of the elongate metal sheet, and a wall fixator part to be fixated to a wall, wherein the wall fixator part comprises a holding space to hold the upper edge of the transition part and the first longitudinal edge of the elongate metal sheet at the first end of the elongate metal sheet.

11. The combination of claim 10, wherein, when the first side is placed against the first end or the second end of the elongate metal sheet, the outer surface of the transition part lies substantially flush with the flexible flooring of the flash coving profile.

12. The combination of claim 10, wherein the end element is a left end cap element, a right end cap element, an inner corner element or an outer corner element.

13. The combination of claim 10, wherein the wall fixator part is made of metal and the transition part is made of a polymer material or a resin material.

14. The combination of claim 10, wherein the wall fixator part comprises one or more fixation holes to fix the wall fixator part to a wall.

15. The combination of wherein 10, wherein the transition part comprises one or more fixation holes to fix the transition part to a floor and/or a wall.

16. The combination of claim 10, wherein the transition part of the end element comprises a second side, the second side to be placed against the second end of a elongate metal sheet of a second flash coving profile, wherein the holding space is arranged to hold the upper edge of the transition part, the first longitudinal edge of the elongate metal sheet of the first flash coving profile at the first end of the first flash coving profile and the first longitudinal edge of the elongate metal sheet of the second flash coving profile at the second end.

17. The combination of claim 10, wherein the combination comprises a second end element, the second end element comprising: a transition part having an outer surface, an upper edge and a first side, the first side to be placed against the first end or the second end of the elongate metal sheet, and a wall fixator part to be fixated to a wall, wherein the wall fixator part comprises a holding space to hold the upper edge of the transition part and the first longitudinal edge of the elongate metal sheet at the second end.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) These and other aspects of the invention are further elucidated in the following drawings.

(2) FIGS. 1A to 1C shows the steps of producing a flash coving profile according to the invention;

(3) FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of the obtained flash coving profile;

(4) FIG. 3 shows a cross-sectional view of the flash coving profile installed on a floor line;

(5) FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of a flash coving profile according to the invention installed on a floor line;

(6) FIGS. 5A and 5B show a wall fixator part and a transition part of a left end cap element according to an embodiment of the invention:

(7) FIGS. 6A and 6B show a wall fixator part and a transition part of a right end cap element according to an embodiment of the invention;

(8) FIGS. 7A and 7B show a wall fixator part and a transition part of an inner corner element according to an embodiment of the invention;

(9) FIGS. 8A and 8B show a wall fixator part and a transition part of an outer corner element according to an embodiment of the invention;

(10) FIG. 9 shows a connection element according to an embodiment of the invention; and

(11) FIGS. 10A to 10C show different steps of arranging an embodiment of a floor covering in the transition between a wall and a floor.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(12) The invention relates to a method for forming a flash coving profile according to the invention is disclosed in FIG. 1. The method starts, as shown in FIG. 1A, with a metal sheet 1 with a first edge 2 and a second edge 3, with a width W of approximately 200 millimeters. The length of the sheet 1, which runs perpendicular to the plane of the drawing, is typically between 2.4 and 3.7 meters. A zone adjacent to the first edge 2 is folded into a U-shaped cove cap 4. The metal sheet has a first face 5 and an opposing second face 6. Then, a layer of flooring 7 is adhered to the first face 5 of the metal sheet 1, protruding from the second edge 3 to a width P of between 50 and 150 millimeters. After that, a cove 8 with a radius of 12 to 26 millimeter is bent into the metal sheet along a bend line parallel to the first edge 2 and second edge 3, to obtain an L-shaped coving profile which has a first section 9 extending from the first edge to the cove 8, to be adhered to a wall, and a second section 10 extending from the second edge 3 to the cove 8, to be adhered to a subfloor. The width W.sub.1 is typically around four times larger than the width W.sub.2. Also, a self-adhesive strip 11 is arranged on the second face 6 of the metal sheet 1 close to the first edge 2. The obtained flash coving profile 20 is also shown in FIG. 2.

(13) FIG. 3 shows the flash coving profile 20 installed in the corner between a subfloor 100 and a wall 101. The main flooring 102 abuts against the flooring layer 7 and is installed net fit or is welded to layer 7. The difference in thickness between the further flooring 102 and the flooring 7 which is arranged on the metal sheet 1 is accompanied for by a leveling adhesive layer 103 sloping towards the further flooring 102. It should be noted that the profile is, in addition to the self-adhesive strip 11, adhered to the floor 100 and wall 101 with layers of adhesive 104, 105 which are applied to the (sub)floor 100 and wall 101 before positioning the profile in the corner.

(14) FIG. 4 shows a number of flash coving profiles 20 mounted on a transition between a wall 101 and a (sub)floor. On the sub(floor) further flooring 102 is arranged. The layers of flooring 7 on the flash coving profiles 20 provide a substantially continuous surface with the upper surface of the further flooring 102. Each flash coving profile 20 comprises a first end 21 and a second end 22, i.e. In the mounted position the flash coving profile extends in substantially horizontal direction between the first end 21 and the second end 22. The wall 101 comprises some corners and, at the left side, an open end, i.e. the flash coving profile does not end on a wall or a doorframe or similar. Different end elements are provided to create a proper transition of the first end 21 and/or second end 22 flash coving profile 20 to the wall 101 or a second flash coving profile 20. Such transition not only provides a neat finish of the flash coving profile, but also makes pulling the flash coving profile from the wall 101 more difficult.

(15) To provide a proper end at the left open end of the wall 101, a left end cap element 30 is provided at the first end 21 of the most left flash coving profile 20. At the second end 22 of this flash coving profile 20, an inner corner element 40 is provided that provides a transition to the first end 21 of a second flash coving profile 20. The second end 22 of this second flash coving profile 20 is placed against an outer corner element 50 to provide a transition for the outer corner of the wall 101 to the first end 21 of a third flash coving profile 20. The second end 22 of this third flash coving profile 20 is directly placed against the first end 21 of a fourth flash coving profile 20, while a connection element 60 is provided to hold the second end 22 of the third flash coving profile 20 and the first end 21 of the fourth flash coving profile 20. The second end of the fourth flash coving profile 20 is directly placed against a door frame 106. No end element is needed to create a neat transition to the door frame 106.

(16) The different end elements will now be described in more detail.

(17) FIGS. 5A and 5B show a wall fixator part 31 and a transition part 32 of the left end cap element 30. The wall fixator part 31 is arranged to be fixated to the wall 101. The wall fixator part 31 comprises an upper wall 33, in this embodiment U-shaped, that defines a holding space 34 to hold the upper edge 35 of the transition part and the first edge 2 of the metal sheet 1 at its first end 21. The transition part 32 has an outer surface 36, an upper edge 35 and a first side 37. The first side 37 has a flat surface substantially perpendicular to the wall 101 on which the transition part 32 is mounted. In FIG. 4, the first side 37 is placed against the first end 21 of the metal sheet 1, such that the outer surface 36 of the transition part 32 lies substantially flush with the flooring 7 of the flash coving profile 20. The second side 38 of the transition part 32 opposite to the first side 37 is shaped to make smooth transition to the wall surface. Fixation holes 39 are provided to mount the wall fixator part 31 on the wall 101 and the transition part 32 on the (sub)floor 100 and wall 101. The fixation holes 39 are arranged on plate elements that are positioned to be covered by flooring during arrangement of the flooring. This flooring may be flooring layer 7 of the flash coving profile or additional flooring. It is also possible that the fixation holes of the wall fixator part 31 will at least partly be covered by the transition part 32.

(18) FIGS. 6A and 6B show a wall fixator part 31′ and a transition part 32′ of a right end cap element. The right end cap element 30 could be used to provide a final end element to a second end 22 of a flash coving profile 20. For example, the right end cap element could be arranged at the second end 22 of the fourth flash coving profile 20 of FIG. 4 if no door frame 106 would be present. Since the wall fixator part 31′ and transition part 32′ are constructed the same, but mirrored, as the wall fixator part 31 and the transition part 32 of the left end cap element 30, the same parts are indicated with the same reference numerals.

(19) FIGS. 7A and 7B show a wall fixator part 41 and a transition part 42 of the inner corner element 40. The wall fixator part 41 and the transition part 42 are hooked to fit in the inner corner of the wall 101. The wall fixator part 41 comprises a U-shaped upper wall 42 following the hooked shape, that defines a holding space 44. The holding space 44 is constructed to receive the hooked upper edge 45 of the transition part 42 and to receive at one side of the upper edge 45 the first edge 2 of a flash coving profile 20 at its first end 21 and at the opposite side of the upper edge 45 the first edge 2 of another flash coving profile 20 sheet 1 at its second end 21.

(20) The transition part 42 has an outer surface 46, an upper edge 45 a first side 47 and a second side 48. The first side 47 and the second side 48 each have a flat surface substantially perpendicular to the wall 101 on which the respective part of the transition part 42 is mounted. In FIG. 4, the first side 47 is placed against the second end 22 of the metal sheet 1 of the first flash coving profile 20, such that the outer surface 46 of the transition part 42 lies substantially flush with the flooring 7 of the first flash coving profile 20 and the second side 48 is placed against the first end 21 of the metal sheet 1 of the second flash coving profile 20, such that the outer surface 46 of the transition part 42 also lies substantially flush with the flooring 7 of the second flash coving profile 20. In the wall fixator part 41 and the transition part 42, fixation holes 49 to mount the wall fixator part 41 on the wall 101 and the transition part 42 on the (sub)floor 100 and wall 101 are provided. The fixation holes 49 are arranged on plate elements that are positioned to be covered by flooring or the transition part 42 during arrangement of the flooring. This flooring may be flooring layer 7 of the flash coving profile or additional flooring.

(21) FIGS. 8A and 8B show a wall fixator part 51 and a transition part 52 of the outer corner element 50. The wall fixator part 51 and the transition part 52 are hooked to fit on the outer corner of the wall 101. The wall fixator part 51 comprises an upper wall 52 defines a holding space 54 to hold a hooked upper edge 55 of the transition part 52 and the first edge of two flash coving profiles 20 at opposite sides of the upper edge 55. The transition part 52 has an outer surface 56, the upper edge 55, a first side 57 and a second side 58, with similar functions as the corresponding parts of the inner corner element 40. The wall fixator part 51 and the transition part 52, comprise fixation holes 59 to mount the wall fixator part 41 on the wall 101 and the transition part 42 on the (sub)floor 100 and wall 101 are provided.

(22) FIG. 9 shows a connection element 60 having an upper U-shaped wall 61 that defines a holding space 62 to hold the first edges 2 of two adjacent flash coving profiles 20, as shown in FIG. 4. The connection element 60 comprises fixation holes 63 to fix the connection element 60 to a wall 101. The fixation holes are arranged to be covered by the flash coving profiles 20 once the flash coving profiles are mounted in the connection element 60.

(23) FIGS. 10A-10C show the steps of mounting the combination of flash coving profiles 20 and end elements 30, 40, 50, 60 on a floor line, i.e. the transition between (sub)floor 100 and wall 101.

(24) FIG. 10A shows that the wall fixator parts 31, 41, 51 and the connection element 60 are mounted on the wall 101 at the desired height. This desired height may for example be determined by measurement, using a template or using the transition parts 32, 42, 52. The wall fixator parts 31, 41, 51 are fixed on the wall 101 with screws placed through the respective fixation holes.

(25) FIG. 10B shows that the transition part 32, 42, 52 are arranged with their respective upper edges 35, 45, 55 in the holding spaces 34, 44, 54 of the wall fixator parts 31, 41, 51. The transition part 32, 42, 52 may be fixed in these positions by introducing screws through the fixation holes and/or by gluing or other fixation methods.

(26) FIG. 10C shows that the flash coving profiles 20 are mounted, whereby the first edge 2 of the flash coving profiles 20 at their respective first and second ends are placed in the holding spaces 34, 44, 54, 62 of the wall fixator parts 31, 41, 51 and the connection element 60. The flash coving profiles may be adhered to the (sub)floor 100 and/or wall 101, for example using glue. Most of the fixation holes 39, 49, 59, 63 are now covered by the transition parts 32, 42, 52 and the flash coving profiles 20. The fixation holes that are still exposed will be covered by further flooring that will be arranged on the (sub)floor 100. The further flooring may be welded to the flooring of the flash coving profiles 20 using suitable welding techniques, such as fusing or melting a thermoformable rod in the seam between two sheets.

(27) The resulting floor covering now has, also due to the end elements 30, 40, 50 and the connection element 60, a neat transition at the floor line between the (sub)floor 100 and the wall 101. At the same time pulling the floor covering off the floor has been made more difficult by the provision of the end elements.