Asbestos also added strength and durability to flooring materials.
What companies made asbestos vinyl flooring.
Asbestos vinyl sheet flooring poses a significantly greater asbestos exposure risk than floor tiles or wallpaper.
Yes i would not expect asbestos to be present in flooring made in 1994.
But the flooring companies aim wasn t so much to make the floor tiles fireproof as it was to make the tiles more durable.
Asbestos is a mineral that lends fireproofing qualities to any substance it is mixed with.
One armstrong world industries vinyl resilient sheet flooring product thought to have been installed in 1967 was tested in a lab and found to contain 70 percent asbestos.
An example would be a floor slab made from asbestos cement.
The company used asbestos because it provided heat resistance that made the products less likely to catch fire.
But when vinyl asbestos flooring is in good condition it is considered nonfriable.
This article describes sheet flooring products known to contain significant levels of asbestos.
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.
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Another draw was the appearance.
Asbestos containing sheet flooring or resilient flooring product identification.
For about 35 years flooring companies included asbestos when they manufactured the vinyl tiles.
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.
The wondrous new no wax flooring sold by companies such as congoleum put a glossy sheen on post war american prosperity.
In this case it needs to be removed very carefully to avoid asbestos exposure.
Such products some sold under the brand name solarian were installed as recently as 1980 long after governmental restrictions on asbestos were initiated.
Congoleum used asbestos in its asphalt tiles vinyl tiles sheet flooring and.
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.
When vinyl asbestos flooring is crumbling or damaged it is considered friable.
Asbestos has been used in vinyl wallpaper since the 1920s and vinyl floor tiles and sheet flooring rose to prominence in the 1950s.
We describe sources of asbestos in older forms of sheet flooring including felt backed flooring rubber backed flooring and vinyl cushion backed resilient flooring products.
