Found Asbestos Tiles Under Carpet

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

Found asbestos tiles under carpet.

It also looks like some of them had been removed with that black glue mastic still on the floor. Broken asbestos tile under carpet. Discussion starter 1 feb 1 2012. 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.

Leave the carpet in place or cover over the existing carpet. 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. Sanding sawing drilling or tearing the tiles out however can release fibers into the air. Joined feb 1 2012 2 posts.

Jump to latest follow 1 11 of 11 posts. However asbestos mining is a big industry in canada and lobbying by the asbestos industry held back regulation for decades. Asbestos floor tiles will not release toxic fibers and pose a health risk unless they are disturbed. Asbestos tile under carpet i m currently removing old carpet in my dinning room and kitchen and found that i have asbestos tile underneath.

The first question to answer is if the tiles have asbestos or not. We show a 9 x 9 reddish brown asphalt or vinyl asbestos floor tile found in the same home. If the carpet glue is negative for asbestos but floor tile and or mastic are positive conduct a. Do the floor tiles contain asbestos.

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. Plan and budget for an asbestos abatement to remove the carpet and asbestos flooring materials. The most common tiles that are positive are ones that measure 9 x 9.

Below is a 12 x 12 vinyl asbestos floor tile found in the same home as the 9 x 9 flooring shown above. 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. 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. 9 9 floor tiles with asbestos.

Should asbestos materials be found under the carpet there are several options. Many tiles in older homes do contain asbestos and there is no way to tell just by looking.