Patent ID: 6367227
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
A method for setting tile on a surface above fireplace having an entrance, with a width and height, a floor and a top edge, said method including the steps:(A) forming a bridge which comprises: (i) a guide pair of elongated guide bar and a support pair of elongated support bars, each guide bar and support bar having an elongated slot; (ii) said guide pair bolted together by a plurality of fasteners through said slots providing a single guide bar having two ends; (iii) each end of said single guide bar bolted to near an end of one of said support bars, respectively, by a fastener through said slots whereby said bridge is formed permitting that said bridge be positionable at the entrance to the fireplace with a lower end of each said support bar supported on the floor of the fireplace and with said single guide bar positonable along the top edge of the entrance and further permitting that a plurality of tiles be set against a front surface of a wall above said fireplace with a lower edge of each tile arranged parallel to and along said horizontal edge and each tile resting against a top edge of said single guide bar; said guide bars having at least one broadest surface with indicia operably arranged to enable required placement of said plurality of tiles against said wall; (v) a marker clip that detachably clips onto said single guide bar; (B) positioning said bridge at the entrance to the fireplace with a lower end of each said support bar supported on the floor of the fireplace and with said single guide bar positioned along the top edge of the entrance: (C) setting a plurality of tiles against a front surface of a wall above said fireplace and attaching said marker clip to said single guide bar as each tile is set at a location required for setting a first course of tiles with a lower edge of each tile arranged parallel to and along said horizontal edge and each tile resting against a top edge of said single guide bar and aligned with said indicia.