Photo guide to asphalt asbestos and vinyl asbestos floor tiles, 1960-69
This article provides a guide to identifying asphalt-asbestos flooring in styles and colors sold between 1960 and 1969.
We provide: identification photographs, product names, styles, colors, and vinyl-asbestos floor patterns, and colors for asbestos-containing floor tile products made between about 1930 and 1986 - flooring materials that are reported to or have been confirmed to contain asbestos in asbestos fiber or asbestos powder-filler form.
These flooring products typically contain chrysotile asbestos, and possibly other asbestos forms.
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Bottom line: Asbestos-containing sheet flooring in good condition in a residential environment is not a high risk of causing airborne asbestos hazards as the material is not friable.
The safest as well as least-costly course of action is to leave such flooring in place, and to cover it over with other flooring material.
Asbestos is safe and legal to remain in homes or public buildings as long as the asbestos materials are in good condition and the asbestos can not be released into the air. - US EPA
However if such flooring installed in North America before the early 1980's is in very poor condition or if it must be demolished as part of building renovations, it should be treated as presumed to contain asbestos and handled accordingly.
Flooring adhesives or mastics also may contain asbestos.
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Photo above: a gray, green, and light tan asphalt-asbestos floor tile installed in a northern Minnesota home in 1962.
Using a certified asbestos testing laboratory we had this sample tested for asbestos and we report the results below.
Friable and nonfriable asbestos are defined
at ASBESTOS DEFINITION & COMPOSITION
First, why do I call this an "asphalt-asbestos" floor tile rather than "vinyl-asbestos" or just "vinyl" floor tile? Let's look at the back of this tile.
That gray color with cracking is characteristic of an asphalt-based floor covering rather than a vinyl one.
Take a look at our next photograph below, showing the edge of this 1960's floor tile.
The edge view of this tile showing the rather homogeneous makeup of the tile except for its colored face means this is most-likely an asphalt-based tile. However, though it's reasonable to treat such flooring as presumed to contain asbestos, without an expert test one cannot be certain of the floor's asbestos content.
For example, some Armstrong 1960s floor tiles were made without asbestos in their matrix.
Above: additional photos of this 1960's flooring sample under our stereo-microscope, showing the tile's face and the texture of its back or "bottom" surface.
Above: Floor Sample No. 03, a gray, tan & green floor tile installed in a Two Harbors MN home ca 1960 was tested for asbestos using Polarized Light Microscopy (PLM) by EMSL. The lab found
Below: an excerpt from the EMSL lab report on this flooring sample.
and here is a closer look at this floor tile sample pattern under our stereo microscope.
Below: Flooring sample #04 under polarized light in a PLM microscope.
Floor Sample No. 04, a floor tile installed in a Two Harbors MN home ca 1960 was tested for asbestos using Polarized Light Microscopy (PLM) by EMSL. The lab found
Below: an excerpt from the EMSL lab report on this flooring sample.
From a Poughkeepsie New York House built ca 1965, this floor tile and mastic on its back surface were sent for analysis via PLM NYS 198.6 (<1%) & TEM NYS 198.4 (<1%).
Above: Sample 06 New York floor tile examined by PLM.
Result
Below: Sample 06 New York floor tile asphalt-based tile mastic adhesive, also examined by PLM.
Above: photos of mastic removed from the back of our tile sample No. 6, by TEM (Transmission Electron Microscope)
The non-organically bound samples were analyzed with a transmission electron microscope (TEM) at approximately 20,000 X magnification. Asbestos structures are identified by a combination of morphology, quantitative elemental chemistry via Energy Dispersive X-Ray Analysis (EDXA), and Selected Area Electron Diffraction (SAED).
Result:
Really? This is a surprising result; the only rational explanations I can come up with for an asbestos level greater than zero but less than 1% might be that the lab is not going to risk guaranteeing zero asbestos in the sample if that's a level of asbestos below that that their procedure can detect, OR the flooring has slight asbestos in its matrix from cross-contamination.
Also we don't know if the lab is looking only for characteristic and comparatively large asbestos fibers or if the procedure also detects shorts or fines of asbestos widely used as filler in asphalt-asbestos and vinyl-asbestos floor tile. To be clear, there were some 1960's asphalt- or vinyl-based floor tiles that did NOT contain asbestos.
Asphalt asbestos and vinyl-asbestos floor tiles were produced in 9" x 9", 12" x 12", and even 18" x 18" as well as in decorative strips, and in thicknesses of 1/16", 3/32", and 1/8", also in 0.08 gauge.
This photo guide to asphalt asbestos & vinyl asbestos floor tiles for each year shows at least one color photo of each floor tile style or pattern in an example color. A list below each group of photos includes the names of and links to additional photos for other colors of these styles.
Asbestos is safe and legal to remain in homes or public buildings as long as the asbestos materials are in good condition and the asbestos can not be released into the air.
Below we provide an extensive photo-dictionary of resilient flooring, floor tiles, and sheet flooring, with focus on older floor coverings that are known to contain asbestos.
For a quick check and five easy questions that can help tell you if an unknown floor covering contains asbestos, try
DOES THIS FLOORING CONTAIN ASBESTOS?
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Asphalt asbestos and vinyl-asbestos floor tiles were produced in 9" x 9", 12" x 12", and even 18" x 18" as well as in decorative strips, and in thicknesses of 1/16", 3/32", and 1/8", also in 0.08 gauge. Some sheet flooring or resilient flooring also contained asbestos, as did floor tile mastics.
This photo guide to asphalt asbestos & vinyl asbestos floor tiles for each year shows at least one color photo of each floor tile style or pattern in an example color. A list below each group of photos includes the names of and links to additional photos for other colors of these styles.
Asbestos is safe and legal to remain in homes or public buildings as long as the asbestos materials are in good condition and the asbestos can not be released into the air.
Excelon Vinyl Asbestos Tiles were produced in both 9" x 9" and for order quantities over 9,000 sq.ft. also in 12" x 12" size. For colors for which a link is not provided below, see the earlier occurrence of that tile color in a previous year.
EXCELON CORKSTYLE was sold in all three: Light, Medium, Dark shades - Colors: (See the corkstyle color images from 1956, 1957, 1958)
EXCELON DESIGNER TONE-on-TONE colors 9" x 9" x 1/16" (some patterns) & 1/8" , shown above
These Excelon designer floor tiles by Armstrong were sold in MINT GREEN 760, SAND BEIGE 762, ECRU 767, KASHA TAUPE 769 - new (See 1957 - 1958 for other color photos) all shown above.
EXCELON IMPERIAL l 9 x 9 x 3/32 & 1/8" floor tiles, shown above were sold in the following
Colors:
MINT GREEN 871,
PEBBLE BEIGE 872,
GULL GREAY 873,
DUSTY CEDAR 874
EXCELON METALLIC SPATTER pattern vinyl-asbestos floor tiles shown above were NEW in 1959-1960 9" x 9" x 1/16" vinyl asbestos flooring (only in 1/16" "service gauge" for this pattern).
These floor tiles include metallic accents, metallic highlights in gold, silver or bronze dispersed through the pattern.
Colors: Metallic spatter patterns (shown above) were provided
in BEIGE GOLD 300,
MINT GOLD 301,
SLATE GOLD 302,
PINK GOLD 303
EXCELON METALLIC STRAIGHT GRAIN floor tiles shown abovewere NEW in 1959-1960 9" x 9" x 1/16" vinyl asbestos flooring (sold in both 1/16" service gauge and 3/32" gauge)
These tiles also include metallic accents, metallic highlights in gold, silver or bronze dispersed through the pattern.
Colors for the metallic straight grain series included:
BLACK GOLD 351 above
REDWOOD GOLD 353, above
GRAY SILVERGOLD 354, above
TAUPE BRONZE 355 above
EXCELON SPATTER floor tile pattern, shown above (distinct from the Metallic spatter pattern above) in 9" x 9" x 1/16" service gauge (for light commercial and residential interiors only)
Colors: produced in a wide variety of shades incuding
CHELSEA WHITE 731
and MERIDIAN TAUPE 747.
(See same tile pattern & color photos from prior years.)
Excelon Straight-Grain 9" x 9" x 1/16" & 1/8" gauge floor tiles, not the metallic series, were sold in these
Colors: Seneca White 770, Mohawk gray 771, Apache Red 777, Osage Green 780, Iroquois Tan 783, Mohave Charcoal 786
(See same tile pattern & color photos from prior years)
Excelon STYLETONE series vinyl-asbestos floortiles , shown above (similar to Cork patterns + monochromatic colors)
Colors: Sandtone 830, Mintone 831, Rosetone 834, Cedartone 835 (See same tile pattern & color photos from 1959 for color photos)
Excelon WOODTONE floor tile pattern, shown above
sold in these colors: Light Woodtone 788, Red Woodtone # 796, Dark Woodtone 799 (See same tile pattern & color photos from 1958 for color photos)
For colors for which a link is not provided below, see the earlier occurrence of that tile color in a previous year. Excelon Vinyl Asbestos Tiles were produced in 1961 in both 9" x 9" and for order quantities over 9,000 sq.ft. also in 12" x 12" size.
CENTENNIAL SERIES floor tiles, shown above include ovate spots on a soft background, with pearlescent/metallic highlights (above left)
Colors:
SONATA BEIGE 800,
ALLEGRO WHITE 801,
POLKA GRAY No. 802,
BALLET TAUPE 803 (also shown above),
OVERTURE GREEN 804,
CONCERTO WHITE 805,
PRELUDE IVORY 806,
METRO TAUPE 807 - above
Corkstyle floor tiles for 1961, shown above - as in prior and subsequent years - see "Dusty Cedar 874 in the thumbnails above.
Colors:
see LIGHT CORK 840 from 1963, also
see MEDIUM CORK from 1965
and DARK CORK from 1962
DESIGNERS SERIES vinyl asbestos floor tiles, shown above
Colors:
MINT GREEN 760 in 1/8" & 3/32", above
SIENNA COPPERr 765 1/8" gauge only,
ECRU 767 sold in all gauges,
KASHA TAUPE 769 in 1/8" & 3/32" - above
IMPERIAL pattern vinyl asbestos floor tiles for 1961 sold as 9" x 9"x 3/32 or 1/8" gauge, shown above [Click to enlarge any image]
Colors:
PASTEL GRAY 870, shown above
MINT GREEN 871,
PEBBLE BEIGE 872,
DUSTY CEDAR 874
METALLIC series floor tiles for 1961, straight grain, shown above
Colors:
BLACK GOLD No. 351, shown above
IVORY GOLD 352 above
REDWOOD GOLD 353,
WHITE GOLD 356
SPATTER series floor tiles, shown above
Colors:
ANDOVER WHITE 735,
MERIDIAN TAUPE 747, shown just above
WORCESTER GRAY 749
STANDARD STRAIGHT GRAIN pattern Armstrong flooring tiles 1961, shown above
Colors:
ALGONQUIN GREEN 704,
ACOMA BLUE 705 shown above
STYLETONE floor tiles 1961, shown above
Colors:
MINTONE 831,
ROSETONE 834,
BEIGETONE 839 shown above
WOODTONE vinyl asbestos flooring images from 1961 as shown above
Colors:
LIGHT WOODTONE 788, shown above
DARKWOODTONE 789
Feature Strips and Insets solid color vinyl-asbestos flooring were sold in 1" x 24" c 1/8" gauge; also "die cuts" 18" x 18" solid color tiles
Also see ARMSTRONG DIE-CUT FLOOR TILES
Also see KENTILE DIE CUT & THEME FLOOR TILES
Colors: (Black 790, White 791, Red 792, Yellow 793, Green 794, Brown 795)
(See the strip guide at 1956, also see this installed SOLID TILE & FEATURE STRIP FLOORING EXAMPLE using the same image as was still sold in 1971.)
For colors for which a link is not provided below, see the earlier occurrence of that tile color in a previous year. For colors for which a link is not provided below, see the earlier occurrence of that tile color in a previous year.
Excelon Vinyl Asbestos Tiles were produced in 1962 in both 9" x 9" and for order quantities over 9,000 sq.ft. also in 12" x 12" size.
Nikita Kruschev banging his shoe on the table at the United Nations, shouting "We will bury you", the Cuban Missle crisis nor the Kennedy Assassination did not deter the production of the wide variety of vinyl-asbestos flooring products described below for 1962.
CENTENNIAL style vinyl asbestos flooring images from 1962 (above)
Sold in these Colors:
POLKA GRAY 802, [click to see]
RHAPSODY GREEN 815,
LARGO WHITE 818,
CODA BISQUE 819 above
CORKSTYLE floor tiles - vinyl asbestos tiles that resemble cork flooring.
Colors: DARK CORK STYLE 842 shown from Armstrong's 1962 tile catalog, (above) (see other colors, photos earlier years)
EXCELON IMPERIAL style vinyl asbestos floor tiles in 1962, sold in
this wide range of floor tile colors:
ANCESTRAL WHITE 861 - shown above,
MAPLEWOOD 863,
PILGRIM TAUPE 864
COPPERTONE BEIGE 865,
CORSAIR BLACK 867, shown above (1962)
MINT WHITE 868, Ivory Tan 869,
PASTEL GRAY 870,
MINT GREEN 871,
PEBBLE BEIGE 872,
DUSTY CEDAR 874,
WILD HONEY 876,
NUTMEG BROWN 877,
GRANITE GRAY 878,
AUTUMN GRAY 879
METALLIC style flooring tiles shown above
Colors:
Ivory Gold 352,
WHITE GOLD 356
SPATTER style floor tiles shown above, sold in these
Colors:
ANDOVER WHITE 735,
MERIDIAN TAUPE 747,
WORCESTER GRAY 749 - shown above
STANDARD STRAIGHT GRAIN Standard and Woodtone (below) were the most popular selling vinyl asbestos floor tile patterns in 1962 according to Armstrong.
Colors:
WACO SAND 702 above
ISLETA BLUE 711, shown above from 1962
DAKOTA WHITE 713,
CAYUGA BROWN 715,
MINT GREEN 760,
SILVER GRAY 761,
SAND BEIGE 762,
ROSE TAUPE 763,
SIENNA COPPER 765,
Ecru 767,
MINERAL GRAY 768,
KASHA TAUPE 769, and quite widely popular
SENECA WHITE 770 standard straight grain Armstrong floor tile, shown above.
STYLETONE floor tiles were sold in these colors:
MINTONE 831,
IVORYTONE 833,
ROSETONE 834,
BEIGETONE 839 - shown above
Woodtone vinyl asbestos floor tiles in 1962 sold 9" x 9" x 1/8" & 1/16" thicknesses
Colors: Light Oak 850, MEDIUM OAK 851, Dark Oak 852 (see the 1961 photos)
Feature Strips solid color vinyl-asbestos flooring accent strips were sold in 1", 2", and 3" widths and 24" in length, in solid colors in vinyl-asbetstos flooring for 1962, in 1/16" and 1/8" gauge thicknesses.
Colors: (See the strip guide at 1956, also see this installed SOLID TILE & FEATURE STRIP floor example from 1971.)
For colors for which a link is not provided below, see the earlier occurrence of that tile color in a previous year. For colors for which a link is not provided below, see the earlier occurrence of that tile color in a previous year. Excelon Vinyl Asbestos Tiles were produced in 1963 in both 9" x 9" and for order quantities over 9,000 sq.ft. also in 12" x 12" size.
CENTENNIAL style Rhapsody green 815 shown above
LIGHT CORK 840 from 1963, also see MEDIUM CORK from 1965 and DARK CORK from 1962
CUSTOM style shown,
HAMPTON BLACK 1106 vinyl asbestos flooring images from 1963
IMPERIAL style (shown Wild honey 876)
METALLIC - (see 1960-1962 photo examples)
SPATTER - (see 1956-1960 photo examples)
STANDARD straight grain floor tiles - (shown ECRU 767)
STYLETONE floor tiles - shown GLACIER 838, above
Woodtone - (see the 1961 photos)
Feature Strips- (see 1956 examples of solid color feature strips)
For colors for which a link is not provided below, see the earlier occurrence of that tile color in a previous year. We have found records only of 9" x 9" vinyl asbestos floor tiles for 1964, in 1/16", 3/32" or 1/8" gauges.
CENTENNIAL style (Nocturne black 817(above left),
LARGO WHITE 818,
MINUET WHITE 814)
CENTENNIAL II style sold in Metallic white 1191 1/16" only
Corkstyle
see LIGHT CORK 840 from 1963,
also see MEDIUM CORK from 1965
and DARK CORK from 1962
DRIFTSTONE style (Maya glow 1163) vinyl asbestos floor tile photo library from 1964
IMPERIAL style (Ivory tan 869)
METALLIC floor tile patterns, (see 1960-1962 photo examples)
SPATTER style (Stratford ivory 729)
STANDARD straight grain (Catawba yellow 712)
STYLETONE floor tiles in Mossstone 827, PEACHTONE 837
TRAVERTEX style (Frost white 1131)
WOODTONE style (Medium oak 851)
This photograph of sheet flooring was identified by a reader in a 1964 home. She found remnants in the bottom of a kitchen cabinet on which was imprinted "Armstrong".
While the reader referred to this as "Armstrong Congoleum sheet flooring", Armstrong and Congoleum are separate individual companies.
The sheet flooring shown at left is identified as an Armstrong resilient flooring product.Another reader had a sample of this resilient flooring tested and confirmed a 70% asbestos content.
Details about asbestos in this marble-chip resilient flooring are
at MARBLE / STONE CHIP PATTERN FLOORING ASBESTOS.
Dont' mix up product names. Armstrong is a separate company from Congoleum-Nairn.
Linoleum is a term invented in 1860 by Frederick Walton to describe sheet flooring.
Original linoleum products were made using linseed oil as an ingredient, often with a jute (burlap or fabric) backing. Descendents of Linoleum include Anaglypta and Lincrusta (many writers spell it "Linocrusta or linacrusta", an embossed patterned covering used on walls and ceilings.
NOTE: Armstrong, although an enormous producer of flooring, was by no means the only manufacturer of floor covering products that contained asbestos as fibers or asbestos powder filler.
Below we provide photographs and descriptions from a variety of flooring manufacturers, followed by a detailed list of floor tile product names we've been able to collect. You'll note that the Armstrong product list extends from 1954 to 1980.
Other asbestos-containing flooring products from various manufacturers were produced between around 1920 to 1986.
CENTENNIAL vinyl asbestos floor tile images from 1965 (above left)
CENTENNIAL II
CORKSTYLE MEDIUM, also
see LIGHT CORK 840 from 1963, also
see MEDIUM CORK from 1965
and DARK CORK same as this example from 1962
DRIFTSTONE - above
EMBOSSED PEBBLETTE - above
SPATTER (see 1956-1960 & 1964 photo examples)
STANDARD Excelon floor tiles, example colors:
OSAGE GREEN, also see this lab sample fragment of vinyl-asbestos floor tile tentatively identified
Armstrong Custom Imperial
Imperial
Standard
Travertex
Travertine Embossed
Woodtone
For colors for which a link is not provided below, see the earlier occurrence of that tile color in a previous year.
CUSTOM IMPERIAL style flooring tiles (White sea gray 1112, above left) floor tile images from 1966
IMPERIAL style Coppetone beige 865, Terrace white 880
IMPERIAL MODERN style vinyl asbestos floor tiles
Fleece white 1850,
MELLOW SAND 1851,
SHADOW BROWN 1853
STANDARD GRAIN vinyl floor tiles - White bayberry 710 shown above
TRAVERTEX style (Teal green 1136) shown above
TRAVERTINE EMBOSSED asbestos floor tiles (Vetralla 4221) (also see 1965 Embossed styles)
1967 no data
For colors for which a link is not provided below, see the earlier occurrence of that tile color in a previous year.
CALIGULA style (Dianna white 51202, above left) all vinyl asbestos floor tile images from 1968
CENTENNIAL style (Largo white 56818)
COASTAL STONE style (Castle beige 51793)
CUSTOM EXCELON (See 1963 photo example)
CUSTOM SHALESTONE flooring (Tioga beige 57001)
DRIFTSTONE style (Amazon white 51866)
EMBOSSED EXCELON(See 1965-1966 styles of embossed floor tiles)
EXCELON FEATURE Floor Tiles
FEATURE style (colid color floor tiles & strips - color chart)
IMPERIAL style Mint green 56871, shown above
MEDIUM CORK 51855
IMPERIAL MODERN style (Shadow brown 51853, above left, not produced in 1973)
MARBLE style (Quartz ivory 54231)
METRIC CHIP (Palma beige 54281) [Compare with Shattered Stone - 1973] See details
at MARBLE / STONE CHIP PATTERN FLOORING ASBESTOS
OLYMPUS style (Dianna white 51200)
PALATIALstyle (Royal rouge 51600, also in lighter colors, 7 colors total)
PARQUET style (Light oak 54240)
POLISHED MARBLE vinyl asbestos floor tiles (Meadow white 54193, above)
POMPEII style shown in Dianna white 51201 - above
RANDOM MOSAIC style Terra cotta red 54262 shown above
STANDARD STRAIGHT GRAIN vinyl asbestos flooring (Smooth Surface) (Bayberry beige 56721) above
SWIRL CHIP style floor tiles (Rheims beige 54272) above. See details
at MARBLE / STONE CHIP PATTERN FLOORING ASBESTOS
TIDESTONE style asbestos vinyl floor tiles (Malibu beige 51764) shown above
TRAJAN style (Dianna white 51293, above)
TRAVERTEX style (Briar tan 51130, Mist white51135
TRAVERTINE style (Ponzano 54222)
WOODTONE (standard tile, wood tone: Light oak 56850)
Custom vinyl cork floor tile ingredients: raw cork & vinyl resins (literature does not cite asbestos)
Cork floor tile ingredients: raw cork, resins
Patterns: CORK FLOOR TILES
and CORK PARQUET floor tiles, in both material types
Also see the 1960's Armstrongs red and white brick flooring patterns illustrated
at SHEET & TILE FLOORING ASBESTOS ID-BRICK PATTERN ID
The 1960s & 1970s motif floor tiles shown above have been reported by readers in homes dating from 1968 and 1973 and are also shown at
ASBESTOS FLOOR TILE ID REQUESTS 1960's
and
ASBESTOS FLOOR TILE ID REQUESTS 1970's-2
Excelon Feature
Standard Excelon
Imperial Excelon
Imperial Modern Excelon
Travertex Excelon
For colors for which a link is not provided below, see the earlier occurrence of that tile color in a previous year.
Standard 12" x 12"
Embossed (9 x 9 & 12" x 12")(See 1965-1966 styles of embossed floor tiles)
CUSTOM SHALESTONE (Bushkill white - left) 12" x 12" x 1/16" floor tile images from 1969
Imperial Modern (9 x 9 & 12" x 12") (see 1968)
Excelon Feature (9 x 9 & 12" x 12")
Travertex (9 x 9 & 12" x 12" )
This 12 " x 12 " vinyl asbestos floor tile found in a 1969 home. Testing for asbestos was completed on a fragment of this flooring material.
The asbestos test lab found 3% chrysotile asbestos in this floor tile sample. Actually we suspect the total asbestos content of the floor may be much greater.
Thanks to reader R.M. for the photo and test information.
This flooring has not been identified for sure, but it resembles an Armstrong tile (See the Armstrong Craftlon Collection 12" x 12" Adelphi II Aalst54431 (showing a second color, Aalst).
CONTACT us if you can identify with certainty this floor tile image and brand.
Armstrong Peel-and-Stick Floor vinyl floor tiles were introduced late in 1969.
As we discuss at PEEL & STICK SELF ADHESIVE FLOOR TILES
Some self-adhesive floor tiles made by Armstrong also contained asbestos. Armstrong introduced peel and stick tiles in late 1969. The company stopped manufacturing these tiles with asbestos in December of 1982.
Not all adhesive floor tiles produced during this period contain asbestos. It is necessary to know the flooring product model number or collection name of a tile in question, or to submit a sample to an asbestos test laboratory to make a final determination. - information courtesy of Armstrong Corporation.
If you can identify your floor tile collection name or model number, laboratory testing of the sample to screen for asbestos may be unnecessary.
If you do not know the brand name of your flooring you can take a quick look at example photos of the product line of each manufacturer given in the list of photo guides found at CONTINUE READING below.
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Below you will find questions and answers previously posted on this page at its page bottom reader comment box.
On 2021-04-08 by (mod) - concerned that white brick pattern sheet flooring may contain asbestos
@Maria,
Sure, glad to: take a look at SHEET & TILE FLOORING ASBESTOS ID-BRICK PATTERN ID where you'll see more of that white brick pattern sheet flooring.
Also
on this page you'll see a link to RESILIENT SHEET FLOORING ID GUIDE
There you will find a whole library of photos and descriptions of various kinds of "sheet" flooring including linoleum.
On 2021-04-08 by Maria
Hi,
I can see tile pictures and tile information about asbestos. Can someone point out to me asbestos information about linoleum "sheets"? My understanding is that they may also contain asbestos but I am surprised I have not seen any pictures other than for tiles of different sizes and glue. I am concerned in particular with asbestos in the sheet flooring shown in the picture. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
On 2020-11-22 - by (mod) -
Treat that floor tile as presumed to contain asbestos or have a sample tested
On 2020-11-22 by Jared S.
12x12 texturesd. pre 1983. Can’t seem to find anything similar on here
Hello. Trying to renovate a basement bathroom, and came across some flooring I’m unsure of. I’ve gone over the site, and looked at a lot of the samples and can’t quite point a finger at it. The home was built in ‘66, and I am fairly confident t
On 2020-10-14 by Steve
Has anyone ever seen this flooring is almost like paper. There’s no sheen. It pulls apart like its paper is only about 1/16 of an inch thick. Looks like it was all 1 piece. Thanks
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