Old Vinyl Tiles Asbestos

Working with asbestos flooring can release toxic dust.

Old vinyl tiles asbestos. Photo by russell kaye i m told that the old vinyl floor tiles in the basement of our 1950 house contain asbestos and that i should not try to remove the tiles but cover them with wall to wall. Asbestos vinyl floor tiles. What are asbestos floor tiles. If the material is in good condition it normally does not pose a threat because the asbestos is enclosed in vinyl preventing the fibers from escaping.

In addition to the tiles themselves a layer of mastic a type of adhesive below the tiles is also likely to contain asbestos. But the flooring companies aim wasn t so much to make the floor tiles fireproof as it was to make the tiles more durable. Manufacturers have been using asbestos for decades so asbestos containing tiles come in a vast array of colours styles and sizes. Asbestos found in the vinyl floor tiles at the toh tv project house means a state licensed and well protected abatement crew must do the removal.

For about 35 years flooring companies included asbestos when they manufactured the vinyl tiles. Armstrong produced the excelon tile series beginning with a plastic asbestos floor tile series in 1954 referring to the product as vinyl plastic asbestos floor tiles beginning in 1955 and vinyl asbestos tiles from 1957 to 1980. Asbestos is a mineral that lends fireproofing qualities to any substance it is mixed with. Vinyl tiles with asbestos are all 12 12 or 9 9 tiles with asbestos.

Old vinyl products that contain asbestos remain in many buildings across the u s creating a hazard for contractors and do it yourself renovators.