New Floor Tiles That Look Like Old Asbestos Floor Tile

9 x9 12 x12 and 18 x18.

New floor tiles that look like old asbestos floor tile. Common in homes built in the 20th century black mastic was used as an adhesive for ceramic tile linoleum and other flooring materials. On 2020 06 13 by josh. Ceramic tile is a tough flooring surface that is as hard to remove as it is to damage after it is in place. One of the best ways to deal with asbestos tile is to leave it in place and cover it with new flooring.

If you aren t removing the old floor you may be creating a new floor that is too thick for doors to open and shut or for thresholds to have clearance. Tiles that are disintegrating should be. 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. Safest is to leave them in place and cover them over but if they re loose and coming up in any quantity i d reconsider that.

Here is the flooring in question from a 1962 home. Examine the condition of the tiles. The old tiles are relatively thin around 1 8 inch thick so installing new flooring on top. On 2020 07 16 by mod asbestos likely in this 9x9 floor tile.

Pretty much all asphalt based darker core floor tiles and most vinyl floor tiles from the 1960s would contain asbestos. One of the main ingredients used in old asbestos tiles was asphalt so they were primarily made in dark colors only. Vinyl or asphalt tiles that have these colors in it have a high likelihood of asbestos fibers. One of the biggest factors of installing a new floor over the old is thickness.

Asbestos floor tiles were manufactured in three sizes. 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. Step 3 date the tiles. I took up 6 tiles of this stuff in a friend s basement.

Asbestos in floor tiles. Unfortunately vinyl sheet flooring manufactured with an asbestos backing poses a serious exposure risk when it is disturbed. Josh that looks like a vinyl asbestos floor tile. 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.

Taking out ceramic tile is dirty process that sends broken chips and concrete dust flying throughout the house. 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. Another time period that asbestos floors were popular in was between the years of 1920 and 1960. I am not sure the right image attached.