If the tiles were installed between 1960 and 1980.
Asbestos sheet vinyl years manufactured.
Dry asbestos particles are lighter than air wet ones are less prone to become air borne.
Asbestos vinyl sheet flooring has two layers a top layer of vinyl and a bottom layer made from paper that contains asbestos.
Asphalt asbestos plastic asbestos and vinyl asbestos floor tiles were sold in 6 x6 9 x 9 and in some years 12 x 12 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.
This article describes sheet flooring products known to contain significant levels of asbestos.
Asbestos vinyl sheet flooring can be more dangerous to remove than tiles if proper precautions are not practiced.
Details about the history of congoleum nairn flooring are at congoleum flooring history and at floor tile history ingredients.
We describe sources of asbestos in older forms of sheet flooring including felt backed flooring rubber backed flooring and vinyl cushion backed resilient flooring products.
But the flooring companies aim wasn t so much to make the floor tiles fireproof as it was to make the tiles more durable.
Stain proof fireproof stylish and affordable vinyl products strengthened through the inclusion asbestos in their manufacture were a very popular choice in many new zealand houses.
There s a good chance they contain asbestos because most flooring tiles manufactured during this period did.
Congoleum nairn was established in 1886 and presently headquartered in mercerville nj u s produced resilient sheet flooring vinyl asbestos floor tiles in patterns such as their congoleum nair romanaire pattern.
Photo guide to asphalt asbestos and vinyl asbestos floor tiles 1900 1986.
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.
For about 35 years flooring companies included asbestos when they manufactured the vinyl tiles.
We also seen very small asphalt asbestos floor tiles in a 1 1 2 size bonded to a jute backer fabric.
Asbestos is a mineral that lends fireproofing qualities to any substance it is mixed with.
Asbestos was used in vinyl wallpaper from the 1920s and in the vinyl floor tiles and sheet flooring that rose to prominence in the 1950s.
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This article provides a guide to identifying asphalt asbestos flooring 1917 ca 1960 vinyl asbestos floor tile ca 1952 1986.
Unfortunately vinyl sheet flooring manufactured with an asbestos backing poses a serious exposure risk when it is disturbed.
