Patent ID: 8607468

Claim:
A device as a laying aid for tile work, comprising a base element that further comprises: a support region for laying flat on a surface to be covered with tiles; a tile-supporting region on which tiles are placed, the tile-supporting region having at least two web-like spacer elements that extend perpendicularly with respect to a plane defined by the tile-supporting region, and arranged at an angle of an integer multiple of 90° relative to one another in said plane, and have a thickness corresponding to a desired joint spacing; wherein the base element is designed as a disk-like element having a base area that is smaller than a base area of the tiles to be laid, and the support region or the tile-supporting region has pointed, knob-like elevations; and wherein the disk-like element has at least one predetermined breaking edge for breaking out a segment which includes at least one web-like spacer element.