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Q&A on Asbestos-Containing Peel-and-Stick Floor Tiles, set #2
This article series describes self-adhesive "peel and stick" vinyl floor tiles that contain or may contain asbestos. We include product names, descriptions, and photographs of asbestos-containing stick-on floor tile products including materials used in homes in the U.S. and Canada into at least the early 1980's.
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Photo Guide to Peel & Stick or Self Adhesive Floor Tiles that May Contain Asbestos
These questions & answers about possible asbestos in and identification of peel-and-stick floor tiles were posted originally at SELF-ADHESIVE PEEL & STICK ON ASBESTOS TILE IDENTIFICATION - be sure to see that article.
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.
1980's - Armstrong Self-Adhesive Floor Tiles - Photos & information about asbestos containing vinyl asbestos self-adhering "peel and stick" flooring that may contain asbestos. Armstrong, American Biltrite, or Amtico peel and stick asbestos floor tile identification & asbestos content. Peel & Stick or Self-Adhesive Stick-on Tiles, Current - modern peel and stick floor tiles.
On 2019-02-02 by (mod) - peel and stick flooring made after 1985 in the U.S. not likely to contain asbestos
Elizabeth
If you are confident that the flooring was manufactured after 1985 there is little chance that it contains asbestos.
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On 2019-02-02 by Elizabeth
I wonder if you could please be of help. I have Armstrong Place 'n Press vinyl tiles in my kitchen which were laid in the mid 1980s. I am wondering whether or not they contain asbestos.
On 2018-12-31 by (mod) - cover over asbestos suspect flooring
If you're able to install another layer of flooring on top of a floor that show that should be the end of the question.
On 2018-12-30 by Kathy
I’m trying to determine if the tile underneath another vinyl tile contains asbestos. Condo built in 1984. I’m planning on putting LVP over it all If I can.
On 2018-10-25 by Gene F
2592 027. 801b Do these tiles have asbestos?
On 2018-10-07 by (mod) - 1970s Armstrong Stylistik Peel and Stick tiles--Plaza Wood #128005 31
Naomi
I don't know for a fact, but I would treat the flooring that you described as presumed to contain asbestos.
On 2018-10-07 by Naomi
I have Armstrong Stylistik Peel and Stick tiles--Plaza Wood #128005 31; I believe installed in the late 70's. Do they contain asbestos
On 2018-09-08 by (mod) -
In this case in which we cannot relate the floor tiles to any data about a building history, I'm afraid we are stuck
On 2018-09-08 by Tom
Thanks for your response. I guess its back to square one (no pun intended).
On 2018-09-07 by (mod) - extra self-stick tiles with a universal bar code on the backing.
Tom I've seen this peel and stick flooring advertised as new and for sale on eBay and by other vendors but no one provided its year of manufacture or even the manufacturer's name.
I tried looking up the UPC with no success.
UPC codes have been used in the United States since 1974, so we can't use the presence of the code on your tile as an assurance that it was made after manufacturers stopped using asbestos in flooring.
On 2018-09-07 by Tom
Here are front and back photos.
I have some extra self-stick tiles with a universal bar code on the backing. Would asbestos containing tiles have a UBC on them?
On 2018-08-16 by (mod) - sleeping in a room where a few of these floor tiles are broken
Kolu
I don't know that tile pattern. Assuming the home was built in the U.S. or Canada, by 1984 there were still a few asbestos-containing floor tiles and sheet flooring products on the market - but few.
My best advice is at ASBESTOS FLOORING HAZARD REDUCTION https://inspectapedia.com/hazmat/Asbestos-Hazard-Reduction.php
On 2018-08-16 by Kolu
Was wondering if anyone could help me ID these tiles and let me know if they contain any asbestos? All I know is that the house was built in 1984 and these were the original tiles. I'm currently sleeping in a room where a few of these are broken and would appreciate any help.
On 2018-06-30 by (mod) - thicker floor tiles probably not peel-and-stick
Sorry, no. See our general advice in this article series.
BTW this doesn't look like a peel and stick floor.
Watch out: asphalt-based mastic adhesive may also contain asbestos - search InspectApedia.com for that phrase.
On 2018-06-30 by Curtis
Here is a picture of the underside of the laminate tile.
We bought our house about a year and a half ago. While pulling up some of the carpet in one of the upstairs rooms, we found that there were tiles on top of hard wood. We really want the hard wood floors, but we are cautious about the tiles. Measuring them, they are 12x12 tiles with a black underside.
They look like peel and stick laminate tiles. The house was built in 46, but the carpet is only about 3 years old or so. Do you know if this particular model has asbestos in it?
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Citations & References
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- Armstrong ® Residential Flooring - Website 05/15/2010 https://www.armstrongflooring.com/ lists current flooring products provided by the Armstrong Corporation, including Armstrong's current vinyl floor tile products at https://www.armstrongflooring.com/flooring/products/vinyl-floors
- Armstrong Corporation, Corporate History - https://www.armstrongflooring.com/corporate/corporate-history.html - Web Search 05/19/2010
- Armstrong vinyl asbestos floor tiles: photos of asbestos-vinyl floor tiles as catalog pages (PDF form) are at www.asbestosresource.com/asbestos/tile.html
- "Asbestos in your home or at work," Forsyth County Environmental Affairs Department, Winston-Salem NC 12/08
- "Asbestos Floor Tile Removal", the University of Minnesota's advice on removing VAT (vinyl asbestos or asphalt asbestos floor tile) can be read in detail at www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/asbestos/floortile/index.html
- EPA, ASBESTOS IN YOUR HOME [PDF] - U.S. EPA, Exposure Evaluation Division, Office of Toxic Substances, Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington,D.C. 20460
- Resilient Floor Covering Institute, 1030 15th St. NW, suite 350, Washington D.C.
- Book Recommendations for Asphalt & Vinyl-Asbestos Floor Tile Identification:
- Inspiring Interiors from Armstrong 1950s from Armstrong, [Paperback], Schiffer Publishing (March 1998), ISBN-10: 0764304585, ISBN-13: 978-0764304583
- Interior Solutions from Armstrong the 1960s from Armstrong, [Paperback], Schiffer Publishing (March 1999), ISBN-10: 0764307002, ISBN-13: 978-0764307003
- Mechanix Illustrated How-to-do-it Encyclopedia Vol 2. -1961
- Congoleum Corporation, "Company History", Congoleum Corporation, Department C, P.O. Box 3127, Mercerville, NJ 08619-0127 1-609-584-3601, web-search 03/14/2011, original source: http://www.congoleum.com/history.html
- David Grudzinski, Advantage Home Inspections, is a professional home inspector in Cranston, RI. 02910. He can be reached at 401-935-6547, fax- 401-490-0607 or by email to contact/us@advantagehomeinspections.us 04/26/2009
- EPA Guidance for Controlling Asbestos-Containing Materials in buildings, NIAST, National Institute on Abatement Sciences & Technology, [republishing EPA public documents] 1985 ed., Exposure Evaluation Division, Office of Toxic Substances, Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington,D.C. 20460
- EVER WEAR TILE CO is currently (2009) in the Terrazzo, Tile, Marble, and Mosaic Work industry in Fallon, NV. 775) 423-6221. [We do not know the company history nor whether there is an association with EverWear vinyl asbestos floor tiles discussed in this article.]
- Kentile KenFlex flooring photographs:Flickr web search 5/15/2010 - see original material and other asbestos product photos
- "Plastic Flooring Spreads Through the House", Jackson Hand, Guide to Home-Improvement Materials, Popular Science, April 1969, p. 154-158
- Thomas Hauswirth, Managing Member of Beacon Fine Home Inspections, LLC and (in 2007) Vice President, Connecticut Association of Home Inspectors Ph. 860-526-3355 Fax 860-526-2942 beaconinspections@sbcglobal.net 06/07: thanks for photographs of transite asbestos heating ducts
- Gary Randolph, Ounce of Prevention Home Inspection, LLC Buffalo, NY, for attentive reading and editing suggestions. Mr. Randolph can be reached in Buffalo, NY, at (716) 636-3865 or email: gary@ouncehome.com 3/07
- Thanks to reader Matt Abel, Design Services Department, Strongwood Log Home Company, 711 Shadow Road, Waupaca WI 54981, Office (715) 258-4818, Toll Free (866) 258-4818, www.gostrongwood.com "Begin your journey home.." for vinyl asbestos floor photos, October 2010.
- Thanks to reader Meryl Silvers for hexagonal floor tile photos showing a possible Kentile product that contained asbestos. October 2010.
- Thanks to reader N.H. for providing a photo of 1970's era vinyl asbestos floor tile that we identify as most likely Armstrong Solarian Devonport white.
- M.B. provided photographs of Congoleum linoleum flooring from a 1960's Tampa Florida home.
- June 1997 - Window Putty - OSHA case cites contractor for asbestos exposure during removal of window putty http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=1091
- Asbestos Identification and Testing References
- Asbestos Identification, Walter C.McCrone, McCrone Research Institute, Chicago, IL.1987 ISBN 0-904962-11-3. Dr. McCrone literally "wrote the book" on asbestos identification procedures which formed the basis for current work by asbestos identification laboratories.
- Stanton, .F., et al., National Bureau of Standards Special Publication 506: 143-151
- Pott, F., Staub-Reinhalf Luft 38, 486-490 (1978) cited by McCrone
- ASBESTOS IN YOUR HOME U.S. EPA, Exposure Evaluation Division, Office of Toxic Substances, Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington,D.C. 20460
- Asbestos products and their history and use in various building materials such as asphalt and vinyl flooring includes discussion which draws on ASBESTOS, ITS INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS, ROSATO 1959, D.V. Rosato, engineering consultant, Newton, MA, Reinhold Publishing, 1959 Library of Congress Catalog Card No.: 59-12535 (out of print, text and images available at InspectAPedia.com).
- "Handling Asbestos-Containing roofing material - an update", Carl Good, NRCA Associate Executive Director, Professional Roofing, February 1992, p. 38-43
- EPA Guidance for Controlling Asbestos-Containing Materials in buildings, NIAST, National Institute on Abatement Sciences & Technology, [republishing EPA public documents] 1985 ed., Exposure Evaluation Division, Office of Toxic Substances, Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington,D.C. 20460
- In addition to citations & references found in this article, see the research citations given at the end of the related articles found at our suggested
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