1970 S Asbestos Vinyl Sheet Flooring Pictures

Cheaper coverings had a tendency to crack and cause tripping hazards.

1970 s asbestos vinyl sheet flooring pictures. Tiles that are disintegrating should be. My concern is that there may be asbestos behind the sheet vinyl perhaps in the paper backing or glue adhesive. Photo id guide to reader submitted 1970 s asbestos containing floor tiles. Our photo left shows armstrong excelon 12x12 vinyl asbestos flooring made in 1972 identified in our floor tile photo guide asbestos floor tile identification photos 1949 1959 detailed photo guide to asphalt asbestos and vinyl asbestos floor tiles and resilient flooring produced in 1900 1980.

Asbestos floor tiles were manufactured in three sizes. Vinyl asbestos floor tile photos for 1970 1972 surrounding years. Asbestos was found in at some congoleum flooring products including. Tthis article series provides a guide to identifying asphalt asbestos flooring 1917 ca 1960 vinyl asbestos floor tile ca 1952 1986 giving a full catalog of floor tile and sheet flooring identification photographs product names styles colors and vinyl asbestos floor patterns and colors for asbestos containing.

Examine the condition of the tiles. I need to see it in person but i love the look. This article provides photographs of 1970 s floor tiles flooring identification requests to help identify flooring that contains asbestos. In the case of wood floors the paper layer is usually glued to a removable layer called underlayment resides between the paper layer and the.

Vinyl sheet flooring known to contain asbestos known asbestos containing vinyl based sheet flooring. It wasn t until the 1980s that the dangers of asbestos were discovered and manufacturers stopped using it in their vinyl flooring. We are told that the paper layer can contain from 40 to 70 percent asbestos. Product photos both branded and un known sheet flooring brands.

He said that asbestos in flooring was more in the 1950s and thought that the sheet vinyl was probably a replacement floor anyway. Intact asbestos tiles are not a major risk and can in fact be left in place and covered with other materials such as carpet vinyl linoleum or concrete. Congoleum nairn flor ever vinyl fashionflor cushioned vinyl flooring gold seal vinyl inlaid flooring gold seal vinyl nairon standard flooring. This article series includes a photo gallery of pictures of floor coverings submitted for identification along with comments on findings recommendations asbestos content.

Armstrong s royelle rock hill stone 12 vinyl sheet flooring indeed it has quite the retro look about as close to a 1960s or 1970s vinyl sheet design as i think i ve seen. My father wasn t particularly concerned about this when i asked him. 9 x9 12 x12 and 18 x18. When i wrote about a 1970s look flooring possibility yesterday reader tarquin piped up with the fabulous option.

Some of the vinyl flooring manufactured during the 1970s contained asbestos a carcinogenic material that could also cause breathing trouble.