Tile assembly and method of installing same

Abstract

A tile assembly and method of installing tile is shown where each tile has an underside, and a support board is adhered to the underside of one ore more tiles. One such tile assembly is connected to another tile assembly by a tongue and groove arrangement, where each tile assembly is not cemented, screwed or otherwise adhered to the floor. The space between the tiles is filled with a flexible group made of rubber silicone, white sand and dye. The tiles may be made of any suitable material such as of ceramic, stone, marble, granite, vinyl composition tile (vct), brick, or other composite materials that use mortar to set the material to a floor or sub-floor.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A tile flooring assembly comprising: 
 one or more tiles each having an underside; and    one or more connectable support boards that do not need to be adhered to a floor adhered to underside of the one or more tiles.    
     
     
         2 . Tile flooring assembly as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said support board is generally rectangular and has a tongue on one side and a groove on another side so that one support board may be connected to another support board.  
     
     
         3 . Tile flooring assembly as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said tile is adhered to the support board by waterproof glue.  
     
     
         4 . Tile flooring assembly as claimed in  claim 1  further comprising two or more tiles adhered to the support board.  
     
     
         5 . Tile flooring assembly as claimed in  claim 4  further comprising grout between at least two tiles.  
     
     
         6 . Tile flooring assembly as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said tile dimension is less than the support board dimension.  
     
     
         7 . Tile flooring assembly as claimed in  claim 1  wherein tile is made from one or more of the following group: ceramic, porcelain, stone, marble, granite, vinyl composition tile (vct), brick, and composite materials.  
     
     
         8 . A method of installing tile comprising the steps of: 
 adhering one or more tiles to a first support board;    placing the first support board on a floor without adhering to the floor; and    connecting a second support board having ceramic tile thereon to the first support board on the floor without adhering to the floor.    
     
     
         9 . A method of installing tile as claimed in  claim 8  wherein the tile is made form one or more of the following group: of ceramic, porcelain, stone, marble, granite, vinyl composition tile (vct), brick, and composite materials.