Method for producing a flash coving profile and method for arranging the obtained flash coving profile in the corner between a floor and a wall

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for producing a flash coving profile, including the steps of: providing an elongate metal sheet with a first longitudinal edge and a second edge opposing, and preferably parallel to, the first edge; adhering a flexible and preferably resilient flooring to a first face of the metal sheet, the flooring extending from the first edge to at least the second edge; and bending a cove into the metal sheet with the flooring adhered to it along a bend line which is parallel to and spaced apart from the first edge and on the side to which the flooring is adhered. The invention further relates to a method for arranging a flash coving profile obtained by the method according to the invention in the corner between a floor and a wall.

Claims

1. A method for producing a flash coving profile, comprising the steps of: providing an elongate metal sheet with a first longitudinal edge and a second edge opposing, and preferably parallel to, the first edge; adhering a flexible and preferably resilient flooring to a first face of the metal sheet, the flooring extending from the first edge to at least the second edge; and bending a cove into the metal sheet with the flooring adhered to it along a bend line which is parallel to and spaced apart from the first edge and on the side to which the flooring is adhered.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the flooring extends beyond the second edge, preferably over a width of 50 to 150 mm perpendicular to the first edge.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of arranging a self-adhesive strip on second face of the metal sheet along the first edge.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of folding a zone of the elongate metal sheet adjacent to the first edge into a cove cap having a substantially U-shaped cross-section.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the zone is folded into a cove cap before adhering the flooring to the sheet.

6. The method according to claim 4, further comprising the step of finishing the cove cap, comprising steps such as anodizing, lacquering or providing a cover layer.

7. A method for arranging a flash coving profile in the corner between a floor and a wall, comprising the steps of: providing a flash coving profile obtained by the method according to claim 1, wherein the flash coving profile has a first section extending between the first edge and the cove and has 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 and preferably resilient flooring to the floor abutting the flooring of the flash coving profile, preferably after the step of adhering the second section of the flash coving profile to the floor.

8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising the step of welding the flooring of the flash coving profile to the further flooring.

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 flash coving profile according to the invention installed in the corner between a wall and a floor.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(5) The 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 profile is also shown in FIG. 2.

(6) FIG. 3 shows the profile 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 subfloor 100 and wall 101 before positioning the profile in the corner.