Pictures Of Asbestos Floor Tiles

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.

Pictures of asbestos floor tiles.

See armstrong floor tile list 1969. This article provides a guide to identifying asphalt asbestos flooring 1917 ca 1960 vinyl asbestos floor tile ca 1952 1986. Asbestos in floor tiles. How to identify asbestos floor tiles or asbestos containing floor tiles in buildings 1960s floor tile asbestos test results vinyl asbestos floor tiles product history and product name list sorting out flooring names.

Asbestos floor tile identification photos 1949 1959. Tiles that are disintegrating should be handled with. 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.

Testing found 3 chrysotile asbestos in this floor tile sample. Asbestos floor tiles will not release toxic fibers and pose a health risk unless they are disturbed. Photo guide to asphalt asbestos and vinyl asbestos floor tiles 1900 1986. 9 x9 12 x12 and 18 x18.

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. 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. Sanding sawing drilling or tearing the tiles out however can release fibers into the air.