1970 S Asbestos Floor Tiles

The tile fragment in your photo resembles some of the 1970 s vintage vinyl asbestos floor tiles found in our online libraries of tile images.

1970 s asbestos floor tiles. If you know when the building was built or renovated this might help you estimate when the tiles were installed. Mining stopped in 1983. Asbestos tiles were broadly utilized in the uk in new house builds around 1946 to 1980. If the tiles were installed between.

Asbestos has been used in vinyl wallpaper since the 1920s and vinyl floor tiles and sheet flooring rose to prominence in the 1950s. If floor tiles were installed between 1920 and 1960 there s a good chance they contain asbestos because most flooring tiles manufactured during this period did. The wondrous new no wax flooring sold by companies such as congoleum put a glossy sheen on post war american prosperity. Vinyl is a type of plastic that has long been a popular material for floor tiles and sheets.

Asbestos in some 1970s congoleum nairn vinyl asbestos floor tiles congoleum linoleum sheet flooring asbestos was found in at some congoleum flooring products including. In the 1940 s 1970 s and were produced by some manufacturers armstrong as late as 1980. Gather information about the age of the tiles. However as a favor to future owners of your house make some note of the fact that asbestos tiles are under the new flooring.

Unlike many asbestos containing materials vinyl asbestos flooring is generally safe to be around. For example see peruvian beige floor tiles made by armstrong in the 1970 s or see the tile photos at 1973 armstrong excelon vinyl asbestos floor tiles complete pattern color guide 9x9 12x12 inch. From the 1970s it was brought to light about the deadly risks of asbestos and its use as flooring tiles was eliminated. That way no one will be endangered years from now when they start to rip up the new flooring and find asbestos tiles beneath.

Asphalt based asbestos floor tiles and later plastic or vinyl based asbestos flooring were popular in the u s. The use of asbestos was eliminated in 1989 and prohibited totally in december 2003. Some asbestos containing flooring products were manufactured we estimate as early as the late 1920 s. Congoleum nairn flor ever vinyl fashionflor cushioned vinyl flooring gold seal vinyl inlaid flooring gold seal vinyl nairon standard flooring.

Asbestos flooring was made into the 1980s though its heyday was the 1920s through the 1960s.