Vinyl Flooring Asbestos Identification

Because asbestos was widely used before 1980 if you have flooring tiles that were installed before then you need to test a piece of the flooring to make sure it s safe.

Vinyl flooring asbestos identification.

It is possible to make a tentative identification of floor tiles based on the individual tile pattern color and thickness. T he flooring during this period was usually made in 9 inch squares and is quite a bit thicker than most of the modern vinyl tiles. Between the 1920s and 1960s asbestos was a popular material used in floor tiles. For identification guides to all brands of asphalt asbestos vinyl asbestos and similar flooring products.

Asbestos containing sheet flooring or resilient flooring product identification. For about 35 years flooring companies included asbestos when they manufactured the vinyl tiles. 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. What are asbestos floor tiles.

This article describes sheet flooring products known to contain significant levels of asbestos. Asbestos tiles can be difficult to identify because you can t see the asbestos in the tile. Vinyl or asphalt tiles that have these colors in it have a high likelihood of asbestos fibers. Our asbestos flooring identification procedure or our photo catalog of floor tiles and sheet flooring that may contain asbestos beginning at asbestos floor tile identification photos 1949 1959.