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.
Flooring glue from 1952 asbestos.
Plan and budget for an asbestos abatement to remove the carpet and asbestos flooring materials.
Sanding will release dangerous quantities of asbestos into the air.
Scrape the residue left.
It was also resistant to moisture oil grease heat alkalis and acids.
Black mastic also known as cutback adhesive was commonly used to glue flooring tiles down.
Some floor adhesives contain asbestos.
It can cause lung cancer mesothelioma cancer of the larynx and ovaries and a health condition called asbestosis caused by fibrosis of the lungs.
Resilient sheet flooring containing asbestos was also produced finding wide use as early as 1968.
Flooring walls ceilings roofs hvac systems plumbing boilers furnaces and machinery in houses businesses public buildings and ships toxicity.
If your building was built before 1980 mastic mixed with asbestos may have been used to seal your tiles to the floor.
The safe way to remove the tiles and the glue is with a floor scraper looks like a large putty knife on a shovel handle and warm water.
Asbestos adhesive was used for asphalt flooring tiles and vinyl or linoleum sheet tile because it strengthened the flooring and made it more durable.
Possible signs of asbestos mastic include discoloration and an oily texture.
No the use of asbestos adhesives in the u s.
Low asbestos use banned.
Asbestos is a hazardous material that is present in some older linoleum flooring materials.
The wondrous new no wax flooring sold by companies such as congoleum put a glossy sheen on post war american prosperity.
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.
Asbestos has been used in vinyl wallpaper since the 1920s and vinyl floor tiles and sheet flooring rose to prominence in the 1950s.
Mastic is a type of glue used to adhere tiles and vinyl flooring to the subfloor.
If the carpet glue is negative for asbestos but floor tile and or mastic are positive conduct a test pull to determine the likelihood of the floor tile remaining intact or being disturbed during the actual carpet removal.
History at a glance.
This type of adhesive was asphalt based and most likely contains asbestos whether or not the tiles.
But then asbestos was found to be a health hazard.
