Without a manufacturer s label you can t tell whether a product has asbestos in it just by looking at it.
Does my floor covering contain asbestos.
It is safest to assume that any flooring material put down before 1980 contains asbestos.
The only way to make it a science is to hire a licensed asbestos inspector or by sending a sample to a lab to be tested but doing so can be costly and time consuming.
As you can see this method is not an exact science.
If floor tiles were installed between 1920 and 1960 there s a.
Your home was built pre 1980.
In addition to testing other factors indicate that your flooring tiles may contain asbestos including.
Some very old types of flooring that you may find in buildings that date back to the early 1900s have an attached rubber underlayment and this underlayment may contain asbestos.
Lolly that white backed sheet flooring could contain asbestos as does sometimes asphalt saturated felt underlayment.
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If the tiles or the floor beneath show oily discoloration the tiles very likely contain asbestos.
This type of flooring is dangerous because old underlayment tends to become flaky and crumbly and fibers can become airborne every time you sweep or vacuum with a non hepa vacuum cleaner.