Found Asbestos Tiles Under Carpet

We show a 9 x 9 reddish brown asphalt or vinyl asbestos floor tile found in the same home.

Found asbestos tiles under carpet.

9 9 floor tiles with asbestos. Broken asbestos tile under carpet. Jump to latest follow 1 11 of 11 posts. When you remove that floor covering to make way for new flooring you may encounter the mastic and wonder whether it is safe to remove the main concern surrounding this question is that black mastic often contains asbestos.

If the carpet glue is negative for asbestos but floor tile and or mastic are positive conduct a. Joined feb 1 2012 2 posts. Other brand uncertain asphalt containing 12 x 12 floor tiles that contain asbestos. However asbestos mining is a big industry in canada and lobbying by the asbestos industry held back regulation for decades.

The most common tiles that are positive are ones that measure 9 x 9. Below is a 12 x 12 vinyl asbestos floor tile found in the same home as the 9 x 9 flooring shown above. Do the floor tiles contain asbestos. The health risks of asbestos have been common knowledge for decades which gives many people the false impression that this problem has been dealt with.

Asbestos tile under carpet i m currently removing old carpet in my dinning room and kitchen and found that i have asbestos tile underneath. Asbestos floor tiles will not release toxic fibers and pose a health risk unless they are disturbed. The first question to answer is if the tiles have asbestos or not. I don t want to remove the tile but have to remove the padding and adhesive from the old carpet that was on top of the tile.

Common in homes built in the 20th century black mastic was used as an adhesive for ceramic tile linoleum and other flooring materials. 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. Plan and budget for an asbestos abatement to remove the carpet and asbestos flooring materials. Discussion starter 1 feb 1 2012.

Sanding sawing drilling or tearing the tiles out however can release fibers into the air. Many tiles in older homes do contain asbestos and there is no way to tell just by looking. We pulled up the carpet today in our new house and found one of the previous owners had installed what looks like asbestos containing vinyl tiles over half the hardwood floors. Suspected asbestos floor tiles under 20 year old carpet.

Leave the carpet in place or cover over the existing carpet. Should asbestos materials be found under the carpet there are several options.