Broken Asbestos Tiles Under Carpet

Leave the carpet in place or cover over the existing carpet.

Broken asbestos tiles under carpet. Asbestos floor tiles will not release toxic fibers and pose a health risk unless they are disturbed. See asbestos floor tile composition. Should asbestos materials be found under the carpet there are several options. Resilient sheet flooring containing asbestos was also produced finding wide use as early as 1968.

Carpeting and a suitable pad will do the trick. 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. 2 you are probably legally required and certainly ethically required to disclose the fact that there is asbestos tile under the new floor when you sell. From 1920 into the 1960 s.

In a basement i d suggest a rubber based carpet pad rather than a fiber pad. Dangerous broken asbestos floor tiles a 28 year old male asked. The only downsides of that are. I ve been living in a house that has damaged walls that might contain asbestos found a puddle of dust on the floor under wall is this dangerous.

After sealing the asbestos tiles you can install a new floor on top of the old one. Asbestos floor tiles were manufactured in three sizes. Asphalt asbestos floor tiles were produced at first in dark colors using a heavy asphalt binder combined with a very high percentage of asbestos filler fibers principally chrysotile and amosite asbestos. Sanding sawing drilling or tearing the tiles out however can release fibers into the air.

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. You could also cover the tiles with new vinyl flooring linoleum or even ceramic tiles. Tiles that are disintegrating should be handled with. If the carpet glue is negative for asbestos but floor tile and or mastic are positive conduct a.

Encapsulating asbestos is often cheaper and safer than trying to remove it. Step 1 use the hammer and pry bar to remove the baseboards along the floor in the area that has the asbestos tile. Plan and budget for an asbestos abatement to remove the carpet and asbestos flooring materials. 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.

However as a favor to future owners of your house make some note of the fact that asbestos tiles are under the new flooring. Pry the baseboards away from the wall gently to prevent splintering so you can use them again. 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 x9 12 x12 and 18 x18.

Asphalt asbestos floor tiles were popular in the u s.