Asbestos Laminate Flooring

The laundry room in my 1901 house has two layers of laminate flooring over dark brown paper that was confirmed to contain asbestos.

Asbestos laminate flooring.

Any help would be great. This article describes sheet flooring products known to contain significant levels of asbestos. Learn about installing laminate flooring over asbestos tiles. The floor had been covered by carpet up till about two years ago when the laundry room flooded and the carpet had to be taken up.

Asbestos containing sheet flooring or resilient flooring product identification. So installing new flooring on top will not appreciably raise the height of the floor. Consider floating a floor of laminate over the old asbestos if there is room for its thickness. In many cases installing a new floor over the tiles encapsulates the asbestos fibers and is an acceptable way to manage the material.

Float a laminate floor over asbestos. Laminate floor boards can snap into one another rather than to the floor making them an excellent alternative to wood which would require piercing the old asbestos. Maybe 40 s or 50 s. It s the old thick type with dark brown backing.

Does this at all indicate a asbestos floor. How do i tell if it does have asbestos my house is 85 years old. New vinyl laminate flooring. Unfortunately vinyl sheet flooring manufactured with an asbestos backing poses a serious exposure risk when it is disturbed.

When i look at what is down i see a layer of the old floor covered by 1 4 inch ply wood and then the new layer of floor. We also include photographs for identification of known asbestos containing resilient sheet flooring as well as unknown flooring submitted for identification. Find out what kind of underlayment to install under laminate flooring in a basement. It can cause lung cancer mesothelioma cancer of the larynx and ovaries and a health condition called asbestosis caused by fibrosis of the lungs.

I m not sure how old the laminate flooring is but it s pretty old. Asbestos is a hazardous material that is present in some older linoleum flooring materials. I m planning on ripping out my kitchen floor. That said it can be difficult to get a level surface for the new floor especially if the old tiles have chipped away.

Asbestos floor tiles will not release toxic fibers and pose a.