Armstrong Vinyl Tiles Asbestos

This page provides armstrong floor tile dentification photographs product names styles colors and vinyl asbestos floor patterns and colors for asbestos containing floor tile products made between 1980 and 1988.

Armstrong vinyl tiles asbestos.

Because floor tiles are not imprinted with brand names look for previous owners documentation or for excess tiles left by the installers. Our reproduction of vinyl asbestos floor tile patterns and colors below selected representative images of each style or floor tile identification pattern in which tiles were produced. The information provided below represents the last date for each floor product category that armstrong produced containing asbestos. Like floor tiles vinyl sheet flooring is a long lasting and economical material and it also offers more aesthetic options to suit a homeowner s taste.

Armstrong sheet flooring that matches the armstrong excelon swirl chip vinyl asbestos floor tile pattern released in 1968 and shown as a small tile image above. Armstrong congoleum nairn ever wear kentile kenflex montgomery ward and sears roebuck are some of the brand names of vinyl tile from that period that might contain asbestos. Straight grain 12 x 12 standard vinyl asbestos floor tiles from armstrong were sold in fawn white 56759 as shown above also in iriquiois tan. These products placed many construction workers at risk of asbestos exposure.

Within each pattern there were various colors available as well. But that changes as soon as you decide to remove it. 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. Photo guide to asphalt asbestos and vinyl asbestos floor tiles 1980 1988.

Accopac ad 8024 asbestos paper. Notable asbestos products manufactured by armstrong include. Los alamos 12 x 12 custom vinyl asbestos armstrong floor tiles sold in green 57281 and shown above. Unfortunately vinyl sheet flooring manufactured with an asbestos backing poses a serious exposure risk when it is disturbed.

Accobest as 474 gasketing material. Click to enlarge any image we think that the sheet flooring in these photos is probably of similar age. Armstrong vinyl asbestos floor tile photo id catalogs 1951 1986. Unlike many asbestos containing materials vinyl asbestos flooring is generally safe to be around.

For much of its history the company included asbestos in insulation cement tiles and vinyl flooring. Accobest as 8073 gasketing material.