Broken Floor Tile Asbestos

A 28 year old male asked.

Broken floor tile asbestos. Asbestos floor tile asbestos is a tough durable fiber known to cause a variety of respiratory ailments and diseases such as cancer. I ve been living in a house that has damaged walls that might contain asbestos found a puddle of dust on the floor under wall is this dangerous. If an asbestos ceiling tile is drilled or broken for example it may release fibers into the air. That way no one will be endangered years from now when they start to rip up the new flooring and find asbestos tiles beneath.

Examine the condition of the tiles. Testing found 3 chrysotile asbestos in this floor tile sample. Asbestos containing ceiling tiles floor tiles undamaged laboratory cabinet tops shingles fire doors siding shingles etc. I ve learned that i have floor tile in my basement that might contain asbestos.

Dangerous broken asbestos floor tiles. However a lot of them are already cracked they crack even further the more i walk on them. We are planning to put peel and stick lineoleum tiles over it but there are a few broken. Tiles that are disintegrating should be.

I was told as long as i don t disturb them i really have nothing to worry about. Will not release asbestos fibers unless they are disturbed or damaged in some way. See armstrong floor tile list 1969. Armstrong s seneca white image it is likely that this is an asbestos containing floor tile.

48 years experience pathology. Our home was built in the 1950s and our laundry storage room has asbestos tile in it. However as a favor to future owners of your house make some note of the fact that asbestos tiles are under the new flooring. Asbestos floor tile identification photos 1949 1959.

Since some of it is already broken up you might want to investigate how to clean up the broken pieces safely. I ve swept up the ones that crack into small pieces but for the larger ones i leave them be. At above left is a 12 x 12 vinyl asbestos floor tile found in a home built in 1969. You could also cover the tiles with new vinyl flooring linoleum or even ceramic tiles.

Unfortunately it s when the tiles are broken or ground that the asbestos can become airborne. Asbestos floor tiles were manufactured in three sizes. 9 x9 12 x12 and 18 x18. Intact asbestos tiles are not a major risk and can in fact be left in place and covered with other materials such as carpet vinyl linoleum or concrete.

The typical low cost approach is to leave the tile in place and just cover it.