In north america if asphalt or vinyl floor tiles or sheet flooring were made or installed before 1986 treat the floor as presumed to contain asbestos.
Asbestos sheet vinyl.
Asbestos backed sheet vinyl flooring was commonly installed in many ways including over hardwood softwood and concrete floors.
A majority of the vinyl flooring made before 1986 contained asbestos in the tiles or in the backing materials.
Vinyl sheet flooring known to contain asbestos known asbestos containing vinyl based sheet flooring.
Asphalt core vinyl sheet flooring with a red coating on the floor underside provided by reader w t.
Vinyl floor tiles are resilient and cheap making them a logical choice for floors that must.
It also was installed over tongue and groove wood floors particleboard and plywood.
The removal procedures described in this publication address the removal of asbestos backed sheet vinyl only if.
Below red backed asphalt core vinyl sheet flooring.
Asphalt asbestos plastic asbestos and vinyl asbestos floor tiles were sold in 6 x6 9 x 9 and in some years 12 x 12 sizes.
Manufacturers often made this type of flooring with a friable asbestos backing which means asbestos fibres are easily released into the air if the sheet flooring is disturbed or damaged.
Product photos both branded and un known sheet flooring brands.
Asbestos backed vinyl sheet flooring is where the backing the side attached to the floor see figure 1 contains friable easily broken.
Details of asbestos floor tile identification.
Common vinyl products that often contained asbestos include.
At asphalt based sheet flooring we report that some tests of red backed asphalt core vinyl sheet flooring found that the floor did not contain asbestos.
To identify a particular asphalt asbestos or vinyl asbestos floor tile pattern color start in the image group most likely to be the same age as your building.
Asbestos vinyl sheet flooring poses a significantly greater asbestos exposure risk than floor tiles or wallpaper.
We also seen very small asphalt asbestos floor tiles in a 1 1 2 size bonded to a jute backer fabric.
Vinyl has been used in wallpaper for more than a century and today most wall coverings are either.