Old Vinyl Tiles Asbestos

Unfortunately vinyl sheet flooring manufactured with an asbestos backing poses a serious exposure risk when it is disturbed.

Old vinyl tiles asbestos.

Manufacturers have been using asbestos for decades so asbestos containing tiles come in a vast array of colours styles and sizes. Professionals will not remove the flooring if it is dry. 9 x9 12 x12 and 18 x18. It was originally manufactured using material taken from natural deposits of pitch.

Like floor tiles vinyl sheet flooring is a long lasting and economical material and it also offers more aesthetic options to suit a homeowner s taste. In the 1950 s and 1960 s asphaltum a by product of petroleum manufacturing was substituted as the binder. Whether your tiles are 12 12 9 9 or any other size they are all equally likely to contain asbestos. Removing vinyl flooring with asbestos requires special safety clothing and breathing respirators.

Asphalt tile or vinyl asbestos tile aka vat is named for the binder that holds the tile together. Vinyl is a type of plastic that has long been a popular material for floor tiles and sheets. Working with asbestos flooring can release toxic dust. Our photo left shows armstrong excelon 12x12 vinyl asbestos flooring made in 1972 identified in our floor tile photo guide asbestos floor tile identification photos 1949 1959 detailed photo guide to asphalt asbestos and vinyl asbestos floor tiles and resilient flooring produced in 1900 1980.

Vinyl tiles with asbestos are all 12 12 or 9 9 tiles with asbestos. 9 9 vinyl tile and mastic. Examine the condition of the tiles. Removing old vinyl flooring with 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 floor tiles were manufactured in three sizes. Tiles that are disintegrating should be.