Marley Floor Tiles Asbestos

Unfortunately vinyl sheet flooring manufactured with an asbestos backing poses a serious exposure risk when it is disturbed.

Marley floor tiles asbestos.

Like floor tiles vinyl sheet flooring is a long lasting and economical material and it also offers more aesthetic options to suit a homeowner s taste. But that changes as soon as you decide to remove it. Vinyl is a type of plastic that has long been a popular material for floor tiles and sheets. Old fire blankets and heat resistant gloves can also be made out of asbestos textiles.

The flooring at the left in your photo does not look like a marley floor it looks like a vinyl or vinyl asbestos floor tile. Unlike many asbestos containing materials vinyl asbestos flooring is generally safe to be around. Sanding sawing drilling or tearing the tiles out however can release fibers into the air. We don t smoke and had exposure for just a few days crosses fingers and toes.

Add message report. Reastie fri 13 jan 17 15 16 32. Moving into a new home or investing in a refurbishment makeover is an exciting time but knocking down walls units pulling up floors carpets ripping off wallpaper and built in furnishings can uncover traces of asbestos and the dangers surrounding the substance. Textiles can be found in fuse boxes behind the actual fuse.

Asbestos floor tiles will not release toxic fibers and pose a health risk unless they are disturbed. I have these in my house when i came to fit laminate flooring think there called marley tiles from the 70 s im pretty sure there asbestos containing and the paper backing is more dangerous then the tile because of it fragility if your laminating or carpeting you can go straight over the top if you need to take them up be very very carefull and should be done by the professionals. Armstrong produced the excelon tile series beginning with a plastic asbestos floor tile series in 1954 referring to the product as vinyl plastic asbestos floor tiles beginning in 1955 and vinyl asbestos tiles from 1957 to 1980. It is also worth noting that although asbestos was used in some marley tiles the tiles in last night s programme were clean and it is at least possible that yours were as well.

Asbestos floor tiles were once a popular choice for flooring and you will often find old asbestos floor tiles hidden under carpets. Resilient sheet flooring containing asbestos was also produced finding wide use as early as 1968. Try not to worry.