Surface converings and related methods

Surface coverings such as floor coverings having a carpet face or show surface in overlying relation to a backing of adjoined particle elements are described. In particular, but not exclusively, the surface coverings are carpet, carpet tile, modular flooring, runners, rugs, roll goods, stabilized broadloom, or the like incorporating a carpet surface or carpet face, having, for example, a pile or non-pile surface. In one embodiment, the carpet has a tuft bind or precoat layer, such as a urethane precoat disposed in overlying relation to a resilient backing formed from a mass, mixture, or slurry, for example, of particles or crumbs, bonded together in adjoined relation by a binder. One or more optional stabilizing and/or backing layers may be included Methods of making such surface coverings are also provided.