Patent ID: 6849143

Claim:
A method of laying a floor covering at a site wherein first and second widths constituting said covering are bonded to the floor and cold-bonded together at the site, comprising the steps of: providing said first and second widths comprised of the type consisting of a flexible complex comprising a wear layer made of a thermoplastic based on plasticized PVC with uptumed edges; laying said first width on a floor surface to be covered and bonding it thereto; applying a continuous bead of mastic, produced by mixing, at the site itself, a hardener and a polyurethane resin in aqueous phase, over the entire thickness of an edge of said first width; laying said second width on said floor and pressing it lateral edge against the edge of said first width that includes the bead of mastic, causing the expulsion of excess mastic onto an upper surface of said first width and said second width; and removing the excess mastic by washing with water.