1960s Congoleum Nairn Sheet Flooring
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Congoleum flooring from th 1960s identification & asbestos content.
This article series provides a guide to identifying traditional or early Congoleum rugs and other sheet flooring products, Congoleum-Nairn asphalt-asbestos, vinyl asbestos floor tiles, linoleum, and sheet flooring (resilient flooring).
Some of these Congoleum floor covering materials contain asbestos in asbestos fiber or asbestos powder-filler form.
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Congoleum Sheet Vinyl Flooring, 1960's: Tested, No Asbestos
Contributed by a reader, the Congoleum vinyl flooring shown here flooring shown here has a blue felt-like backing.
This floor was installed in a Denver Colorado home built in 1967, though of course the flooring could have been installed at a later date.
A flooring sample tested by DCM Science Laboratories, a certified asbestos test lab in Colorado detected no asbestos in this Congoleum flooring material. The lab reported the flooring composition in general terms as
- 5% Yellow Mastic, non-fibrous, asbestos not detected
- 15% Green/White Resinous Tile (sic), non-fibrous, asbestos not detected
- 22% Blue Fibrous material, other fibrous constituents, asbestos not detected
- 58% Brown Wood, non-fibrous, asbestos not detected
Lab report on file.
Congoleum Nairn Flooring Products Reported to Contain Asbestos
Asbestos exposure from Congoleum
Details about the Congoleum Trust formed to address asbestos-related claims can be found under Congoleum in our alphabetical listing
at ASBESTOS PRODUCING COMPANIES & TRUSTS
There you'll read that the principal asbestos exposure from Congoleum products was of people working in construction and remodeling in residential and commercial buildings.
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Where Asbestos Exposure May Have Occurred involving Congoleum flooring products
Asbestos containing floor products manufactured by Congoleum were most commonly used in the construction industry for new construction and remodeling projects across both residential and commercial markets.
Working in construction can be physically demanding as well as hazardous because the need to work around toxic substances like asbestos occurs frequently.
Those who worked directly with asbestos containing products, such as installers, demolition workers and do-it-yourselfers have been unaware of exposure to harmful asbestos fibers and now could be at risk for developing mesothelioma, an asbestos-related disease.
Equally at risk were those who worked in other trades along side or within close proximity of the jobsite as well as spouses and other family members who were exposed to the worker's dusty clothing and hair.
Additional Images of Congoleum linoleum sheet flooring products are
at LINOLEUM & Other Sheet Flooring
More Images of Congoleum Nairn produced vinyl asbestos floor tiles in patterns and shades including examples shown
at ASBESTOS FLOOR TILE IDENTIFICATION PHOTOS 1949-1959
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- ASBESTOS TESTING LAB LIST
- CONGOLEUM FLOORING HISTORY
- CONGOLEUM-NAIRN FLOOR TILES & LINOLEUM
- 1928 CONGOLEUM RUGS SHEET FLOORING - Canadian Congoleum
- 1940s CONGOLEUM FLORAL RUG PATTERNS
- 1947 CONGOLEUM SHEET FLOORING
- 1940s CONGOLEUM GOLD SEAL RUGS vs. NAIRN LINOLEUM ingredient differences
- 1950 CONGOLEUM GOLD SEAL SHEET FLOORING - No Asbestos
- 1950's CONGOLEM SHEET FLOORING - Products Resembling Individual Floor Tiles
- 1960's CONGOLEUM FLOORING - No Asbestos
- 1970's CONGOLEUM FLOORING
- 1970's CONGOLEUM FLOORING in AUSTRALIA
- 1980 CONGOLEUM NO-WAX SHEET FLOORING - With Asbestos-Content.
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- SHEET FLOORING INSPECT / TEST
- WHITE SHIELD® BACKING ASBESTOS in FLOORING
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Citations & References
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- Richa Wilson, Kathleen Snodgrass, " EARLY 20TH-CENTURY BUILDING MATERIALS: RESILIENT FLOORING " [PDF 1.5MB], Richa Wilson, Intermountain Regional Architectural Historian
Kathleen Snodgrass, Project Leader, United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Technology & Development Program, August 2007, 7300-0773-2322-MTDC.
Contact Kathie Snodgrass at MTDC: Tel: 406–329–3922, Email: ksnodgrass@fs.fed.us or Richa Wilson, author; USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Region, 324 25th Street, Ogden, UT 84401. Phone: 801–625–5704; fax: 801–625–5229: e-mail: rwilson@fs.fed.us - NC, Forsyth Co. Asbestos Forsyth County Office of Environmental Assistance and Protection (Office), Winston-Salem NC - retrieved 2026/09/02, original retrieval 12/08 discusses handling asbestos in a single family dwelling including requirements for permits for renovation, demolition,etc.
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The information provided on this webpage is specific to rules governing asbestos under NESHAP. - MN DOH, Asbestos Floor Tile Removal (Minnesota DOH Website) (2024) 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
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