Found Asbestos Tiles Under Carpet

The most common tiles that are positive are ones that measure 9 x 9.

Found asbestos tiles under carpet.

Do the floor tiles contain asbestos. Mastic that is black is also a tell tale sign. Many tiles in older homes do contain asbestos and there is no way to tell just by looking. Leave the carpet in place or cover over the existing carpet.

Plan and budget for an asbestos abatement to remove the carpet and asbestos flooring materials. 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. Joined feb 1 2012 2 posts. Sanding sawing drilling or tearing the tiles out however can release fibers into the air.

Should asbestos materials be found under the carpet there are several options. Suspected asbestos floor tiles under 20 year old carpet. If the carpet glue is negative for asbestos but floor tile and or mastic are positive conduct a. 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.

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. Broken asbestos tile under carpet. Asbestos floor tiles will not release toxic fibers and pose a health risk unless they are disturbed. The first question to answer is if the tiles have asbestos or not.

Below is a 12 x 12 vinyl asbestos floor tile found in the same home as the 9 x 9 flooring shown above. We show a 9 x 9 reddish brown asphalt or vinyl asbestos floor tile found in the same home. 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. 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. Discussion starter 1 feb 1 2012. Common in homes built in the 20th century black mastic was used as an adhesive for ceramic tile linoleum and other flooring materials. However asbestos mining is a big industry in canada and lobbying by the asbestos industry held back regulation for decades.

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. Other brand uncertain asphalt containing 12 x 12 floor tiles that contain asbestos.