Roman Association
The Roman Association is a "wild" (irregularly appearing) laying pattern for ceramic tiles and natural stone slabs when used as flooring or paving stones . Usually a basic element made of a certain number of square or rectangular panels of different dimensions with coordinated edge ratios is used. Larger areas are created by repeating the basic element.
The Roman Association is particularly suitable for larger areas or squares that should appear representative. The disadvantage is that several stone formats are required and laying is more difficult.
The following rules ensure a good appearance of the tiles laid in the Roman Association:
- Avoid cross joints.
- Never place more than two identical stones next to each other.
- Avoid continuous joints longer than one meter.
The repetition of the laying pattern outlined in bold in the picture (or its mirrored version) is called a classic Roman bond. 4 different formats are required for each basic pattern: 4 pieces 1x1, 2 pieces 1 × 2, 4 pieces 2 × 2 and 2 pieces 2 × 3.
There is no offset in the pattern, which is only created by laying with joints by the same width horizontally as well as vertically. Furthermore, even with 2 small 1 × 1 tiles (marked in color in the picture), a joint spacing of half the width is reduced to half the width. Alternatively, these can also be reduced by the joint width (i.e. 1-joint × 1-joint) in order to maintain uniform spacing.
See also
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