Asbestos Black Floor 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 black floor tiles. But that changes as soon as you decide to remove it. Examine the condition of the tiles. 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. The first question to answer is if the tiles have asbestos or not.

This type of adhesive was asphalt based and most likely contains asbestos whether or not the tiles themselves contain asbestos. Color photo guide to asphalt asbestos and vinyl asbestos floor tiles 1900 1986 using dominant floor tile color to identify the probable asbestos containing floor tile brand pattern and age. Do the floor tiles contain asbestos. 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.

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. Asbestos floor tile and black mastic. Here is an asbestos floor tile identification key sorted by primary flooring color. Mastic that is black is also a tell tale sign.

Unlike many asbestos containing materials vinyl asbestos flooring is generally safe to be around. Some of the flooring tiles have come off and you see thick black adhesive underneath. Beige black blue brown tan wood tone gray green red white yellow etc. Resilient sheet flooring containing asbestos was also produced finding wide use as early as 1968.

9 x9 12 x12 and 18 x18. Asbestos in floor tiles. I purchased a house built in 1965 last year and the basement has leaked for the past 10 15 years on and off. Tiles that are disintegrating should be handled with.

Common in homes built in the 20th century black mastic was used as an adhesive for ceramic tile linoleum and other flooring materials. Vinyl is a type of plastic that has long been a popular material for floor tiles and sheets. If floor tiles were installed between 1920 and 1960 there s a good chance they contain asbestos because most flooring tiles manufactured during this period did. Black mastic also known as cutback adhesive was commonly used to glue the flooring tiles down.

Many tiles in older homes do contain asbestos and there is no way to tell just by looking.