Field-assembled water control flooring systems
View Patent ↗Described herein are methods and systems for installing flooring systems that provide waterproofing or water-control capabilities. The flooring systems can utilize a gypsum material or any other self-leveling or concrete material along with a structural board or any other type of cement, wood, gypsum board, compressed board, cellulose fiberboard, sheathing board, or sheet metal material. The flooring systems include a waterproof coating applied to the structural boards to provide the water-control features. The waterproof coating covers seams between structural boards and between structural boards and the subfloor.
1. A method for installing a flooring system, the method comprising:
securing a wall isolation board to a wall frame so that a bottom edge of the wall isolation board is adjacent to a subfloor;
installing a waterproof layer on the subfloor and the wall isolation board so that the waterproof layer the contacts the subfloor and the wall isolation board and covers a seam between the subfloor and the wall isolation board, installing the waterproof layer including applying a waterproof resin to the subfloor and to the wall isolation board; and
pouring cementitious product over the subfloor so that the poured cementitious product reaches a targeted height that does not exceed a top edge of the waterproof layer.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein securing the wall isolation board to the wall frame includes using at least two dry wall screws for each wall isolation board.
3. The method of claim 1 further comprising applying a tape material at a transition between a sound control membrane installed on the subfloor and the wall isolation board.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the wall isolation board comprises fire-rated cellulose fiberboard.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein a thickness of the wall isolation board is greater than or equal to about 0.5 inches and less than or equal to about 1 inch.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein the cementitious product comprises gypsum concrete.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the targeted height is less than or equal to about 1.5 inches.
8. The method of claim 1 further comprising installing drywall above the wall isolation board.
9. The method of claim 1 wherein the waterproof resin comprises a single component acrylic waterproof resin.
10. The method of claim 9 wherein installing the waterproof layer includes installing a fiberglass mat over the waterproof resin.
11. A method for installing a flooring system, the method comprising:
securing a wall isolation board to a wall frame so that a bottom edge of the wall isolation board is adjacent to a subfloor;
securing a floor isolation board to the subfloor so that the floor isolation board abuts with a portion of the wall isolation board;
installing a waterproof layer on the subfloor, the wall isolation board, and the floor isolation board so that the waterproof layer contacts the subfloor and extends over the floor isolation board and the wall isolation board to cover a seam between the subfloor and the floor isolation board and to cover a seam between the floor isolation board and the wall isolation board, installing the waterproof layer including applying a waterproof resin to the subfloor, to the wall isolation board, and to the floor isolation board; and
pouring cementitious product over the subfloor so that the poured cementitious product reaches a targeted height that does not exceed a top edge of the waterproof layer.
12. The method of claim 11 further comprising installing an isolation strip between the floor isolation board and the wall isolation board.
13. The method of claim 11 further comprising applying a tape material at a transition between a sound control membrane installed on the subfloor and the floor isolation board.
14. The method of claim 11 wherein the wall isolation board and the floor isolation board comprise fire-rated cellulose fiberboards.
15. The method of claim 11 wherein a thickness of the wall isolation board is greater than or equal to about 0.5 inches and less than or equal to about 1 inch.
16. The method of claim 11 wherein the cementitious product comprises gypsum concrete.
17. The method of claim 11 wherein the targeted height is less than or equal to about 1.5 inches.
18. The method of claim 11 further comprising installing drywall above the wall isolation boards.
19. The method of claim 11 wherein the waterproof resin comprises a single component acrylic waterproof resin.
20. The method of claim 19 wherein installing the waterproof layer includes installing a fiberglass mat over the waterproof resin.