Tile Installation

Abstract

A tile installation method and associated device comprised of a tile and any of several types of pins assemblies and spacer assemblies. The tile has a peripheral edge with any of bores, grooves and/or slots that are adapted to mate with the pin assemblies and spacer assemblies. A portion of the pin assemblies or spacer assemblies are inserted into each adjacent tile peripheral edge connecting adjacent tiles and ensuring that the top surfaces remain level. A spacer may be provided on both the spacer assembly and pin assembly ensuring a uniform gap between adjacent tiles. The spacers assemblies and pin assemblies are permanently embedded and concealed with the grout.

1 . A tile installation method for leveling the tile installation with uniform grout lines between a plurality of tile assemblies, comprising;
 providing tile assemblies having an upper surface, a bottom surface and a peripheral edge around the tile, said peripheral edges includes a groove or a slot between the upper surface and the lower surface of a predetermined height;   providing a spacer assembly having quarters, said quarters having a thickness dimensioned to fit into the height of the groove or slot;   providing spacer assembly having a spacer, said spacer has a thickness dimensioned larger than the height of the groove or slot so that the spacer cannot fit into the groove or slot, and a predetermined width equal to a predetermined grout gap;   arranging the tile assemblies corresponding to each other such that the spacer assembly remains below the upper surface when inserted into the groove or slot;   fitting a quarter area of spacer assembly into a slot or groove of corresponding tiles so that the spacer fits into the corners of corresponding tiles; and   adhering the tiles to a substrate.   
     
     
         2 . A tile installation method for leveling the tile installation with uniform grout lines between a plurality of tile assemblies, comprising;
 providing tile assemblies having an upper surface, a bottom surface and four peripheral edges around the tile, said peripheral edges includes a bore between the upper surface and the lower surface of a predetermined diameter;   providing a pin assembly having a pin, said pin assembly has a diameter dimensioned to fit into the bore;   providing a pin assembly having a spacer, said spacer has a thickness dimensioned larger than the diameter of the bore so that the spacer cannot fit into the bore and a predetermined width equal to a predetermined grout gap;   arranging tiles corresponding to each other such that the pin assembly remains below the upper surface when inserted into the bore and fits into a bore on the first tile so that the spacer contacts the peripheral edge of the first tile and the pin fits into a corresponding bore on the second tile wherein, the spacer contacts the peripheral edge of the second tile;   attaching each tile with corresponding four adjacent tiles through pins; and   adhering the tiles to a substrate.   
     
     
         3 . The method as recited in  claim 1 , farther comprising:
 applying grout between the grout gaps and permanently burying the spacer assembly beneath the grout.   
     
     
         4 . The method as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the spacer assembly can be broken into multiple pieces if the connection between less than four adjacent tiles is required. 
     
     
         5 . The method as recited in  claim 1 , wherein various desired grout gaps can be provided by choosing spacer assembly of desired spacer width. 
     
     
         6 . The method as recited in  claim 2 , wherein the predetermined width of the spacer lies between an eighth inch to one inch. 
     
     
         7 . A method as recited in  claim 2 , farther comprising:
 applying grout between the grout gaps and permanently burying the pin assembly beneath the grout.   
     
     
         8 . A method as recited in  claim 2 , wherein various desired grout gaps can be provided by choosing pin assembly of desired spacer width. 
     
     
         9 . A method as recited in  claim 2 , wherein the predetermined width of the spacer lies between an eighth inches to one inch. 
     
     
         10 . A system for installation of tiles comprising:
 a plurality of tile assemblies, the plurality of tile assemblies having upper surfaces, bottom surfaces and peripheral edges, the peripheral edges consist of a groove or a slot between the upper surface and the bottom surface of a predetermined height; and   a spacer assembly, the spacer assembly has a spacer and quarters, the quarters have a thickness dimensioned to fit into the height of the groove or slot and the spacer have a thickness dimensioned larger than the height of the groove or slot such that the spacers have a predetermined width equal to a predetermined grout gap and the spacer assembly remains below the upper surface when inserted into the groove or slot.   
     
     
         11 . A system as recited in  claim 10 , farther comprising:
 applying grout between the grout gaps and permanently burying the spacer assembly beneath the grout.   
     
     
         12 . A system as recited in  claim 10 , wherein the spacer assembly can be broken into multiple pieces if the connection between less than four adjacent tiles is required. 
     
     
         13 . A system as recited in  claim 10 , wherein various desired grout gaps can be provided by choosing spacer assembly of desired spacer width. 
     
     
         14 . A system as recited in  claim 10 , wherein the predetermined width of the spacer lies between an eighth inches to one inch.