Found Asbestos Tiles Under Carpet

Asbestos floor tiles will not release toxic fibers and pose a health risk unless they are disturbed.

Found asbestos tiles under carpet. Plan and budget for an asbestos abatement to remove the carpet and asbestos flooring materials. 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. 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. It also looks like some of them had been removed with that black glue mastic still on the floor.

The first question to answer is if the tiles have asbestos or not. Many tiles in older homes do contain asbestos and there is no way to tell just by looking. Sanding sawing drilling or tearing the tiles out however can release fibers into the air. 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.

Do the floor tiles contain asbestos. Asbestos tile under carpet i m currently removing old carpet in my dinning room and kitchen and found that i have asbestos tile underneath. 9 9 floor tiles with asbestos. Jump to latest follow 1 11 of 11 posts.

Mastic that is black is also a tell tale sign. Asbestos found in the vinyl floor tiles at the toh tv project house means a state licensed and well protected abatement crew must do the removal. Common in homes built in the 20th century black mastic was used as an adhesive for ceramic tile linoleum and other flooring materials. Discussion starter 1 feb 1 2012.

Broken asbestos tile under carpet. Suspected asbestos floor tiles under 20 year old carpet. 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. Should asbestos materials be found under the carpet there are several options.

The most common tiles that are positive are ones that measure 9 x 9. Joined feb 1 2012 2 posts. Leave the carpet in place or cover over the existing carpet. We show a 9 x 9 reddish brown asphalt or vinyl asbestos floor tile found in the same home.

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. If the carpet glue is negative for asbestos but floor tile and or mastic are positive conduct a.