The invention referred to in this statement, related to the method of placing listels to create a frieze, can be used by the masonry sector for the specific task of cladding walls and floors with ceramic elements, whenever it is necessary to place a separating frieze between the ceramic pieces, or to make a baseboard or any type of decorative design of any type, using special pieces placed between the ceramic pieces that clad the surface, depending on each case.

With the mentioned method, it is possible to place the friezes, not only in straight lines by also at an angle if it were necessary, using special pieces that will be described latter on in this statement.

Up until now, friezes, baseboards and other designs have been made using rectangular pieces of different lengths. The length of these pieces was important to be able to achieve the adequate embellishment effect. The length of the listels had to coincide with the length of tiles or pieces used to clad the surface, so that the joints between the pieces, formed a reticulate like an array on the surface that was to be cladded. If the connection between the pieces of the frieze and the cladding elements did not coincide the result was far from appropriate, since the joints of the listels did not match the joints of the tiles.

Since the dimensions of the tiles, are different depending on each case, it is always necessary to dispose of a wide range of rectangular pieces to be able to make the listels, so that they could be adapted to the dimensions of the tiles used.

If it were necessary when working with this type of friezes to create an angle so as to vary the height of the frieze in relation to the direction of the frieze, or so that it adapted to the specific design used, there seems to be no logical point of connection so as to maintain the continuity of the frieze, so it is always necessary to cut the listels down to the size needed, and this is a waste of materials and there are always risks of performing faulty cuts which would break the harmony of the design of the cladding.

The method of placing the listels to create the frieze aforementioned, is achieved using pieces with special shapes, almost rectangular shaped but the short sides of these pieces have been substituted by broken, curved or mixed lines, identical or inverted on each end. So that when the elements are placed next to each other, they adapt perfectly to the edges mentioned before. This makes it possible to achieve an unvarying design, while at the same time trying to make these irregular lines coincide with the design that makes up the frieze, so that the design is never interrupted and does not depend on the width of the tiles used for cladding the surfaces.

The angles and the corners of the frieze are taken care of with the use of pieces that have been decorated with the same design as the material used to clad the surface, but two of the external sides, depending on the angle needed in each case, forms either a right angle or another type of angle, so that the edges can be fitted into the straight pieces. It has the same irregular edge so it can be assembled to create a homogenous frieze with continuity of the design used.

We will now give a detailed description of the method of placing the listels to create the frieze, and the drawings attached will be referred to only for the purpose of explanation, but they don't in any way limit the invention and any detail can be modified as long as this doesn't fundamentally alter the essential characteristics of the invention mentioned in this statement.

The drawings illustrate the following:

Drawing 1:

A frieze placed between tiles, using the special pieces.

Drawing 2:

Detail of the two pieces that make up the frieze, with rebated lateral borders so they can be adapted.

Drawing 3:

Detail of the other two pieces, with borders for assembly with mixed lines according to the general design.

Drawing 4:

Listels with rebated joints

Drawing 5:

Detail of attachment of the make up of a right angle corner.

Drawing 6:

Detail of the piece used to make a right angle.

According to the make-up represented, the method proposed to place the listels to create the frieze, is achieved by using pieces (1) almost rectangular shaped, but the short sides of these pieces have been cut in broken or mixed lines, as is specified in drawings 2, 3, and 4 and are place between the tiles (2) being of no consequence the dimensions of the tiles, since the joints between the pieces that make up the listels that make up the frieze do not have to be lined up with the tile joints, since the borders are cut with mixed lines (identical or inverted in each listel), the connection of these is not visible and forms a homogenous frieze according to the design of the cladding.

Corners and angles of any type can be achieved using pieces (4) with a polygonal shape which has at least two sides (4 & 5) that make up the angle needed, (right angle or any other type of angle), as long as the rest of the sides (6 & 7) are cut according to the design which appears on the ends of the listels (1) so that they can be adapted without damaging the continuity of the design.

Therefore, the friezes can be used to clad any type of wall, floor, baseboard and skirting board and will always create a uninterrupted frieze with the angles that the general design needs, without having to cut the pieces and therefore avoiding wasting materials, since they are not cut and wasted, taking maximum advantage of time needed to place and manufacture these pieces since they will always correspond with the frieze needed, not only in relation to the design but also as far as the different rebates and levels of the frieze.

The shape, the materials used and the dimensions can be modified, and generally everything that is accessory or secondary can always be modified as long as it doesn't alter or modify the essence of the improvements described.