Pictures Of Asbestos Floor Tiles

Vinyl is a type of plastic that has long been a popular material for floor tiles and sheets.

Pictures of asbestos floor tiles. Intact asbestos tiles are not a major risk and can in fact be left in place and covered with other materials such as carpet vinyl linoleum or concrete. Asbestos floor tile identification photos 1949 1959. Tiles that are disintegrating should be handled with. Photo guide to asphalt asbestos and vinyl asbestos floor tiles 1900 1986.

Testing found 3 chrysotile asbestos in this floor tile sample. See armstrong floor tile list 1969. Identification photographs product names styles colors and vinyl asbestos floor patterns and colors for asbestos containing floor tile products made between about 1930 and 1986. But that changes as soon as you decide to remove it.

This article provides a guide to identifying asphalt asbestos flooring 1917 ca 1960 vinyl asbestos floor tile ca 1952 1986. Unlike many asbestos containing materials vinyl asbestos flooring is generally safe to be around. In floor tiles asbestos is used primarily for its insulation properties and its ability to resist fire in addition to the tiles themselves a layer of mastic a type of adhesive below the tiles is also likely to contain asbestos. Examine the condition of the tiles.

Sanding sawing drilling or tearing the tiles out however can release fibers into the air. At above left is a 12 x 12 vinyl asbestos floor tile found in a home built in 1969. Armstrong s seneca white image it is likely that this is an asbestos containing floor tile. Asbestos floor tiles were manufactured in three sizes.