1970 S Asbestos Vinyl Sheet Flooring Pictures

This article contains flooring identification requests for floor tiles or sheet flooring believed to date from the 1970 s.

1970 s asbestos vinyl sheet flooring pictures. Some of the vinyl flooring manufactured during the 1970s contained asbestos a carcinogenic material that could also cause breathing trouble. As far as i know the adhesives used for sheet vinyl do not and did not contain asbestos. Stain proof fireproof stylish and affordable vinyl products strengthened through the inclusion asbestos in their manufacture were a very popular choice in many new zealand houses. Asbestos has been used in vinyl wallpaper since the 1920s and vinyl floor tiles and sheet flooring rose to prominence in the 1950s.

This will entail peeling the sheet vinyl from the flooring beneath if the backing does not separate in the process or removing the sheet vinyl in sections with the underlayment attached. Mastic is a type of glue used to adhere tiles and vinyl flooring to the subfloor. Procedures have been developed for the safe removal of certain flooring materials that contain asbestos. The black cutback adhesive had more asbestos than the vinyl.

All pre 1970 only 2 had any asbestos at all and only 1 of those at levels that would. Cheaper coverings had a tendency to crack and cause tripping hazards. My father wasn t particularly concerned about this when i asked him. If your building was built before 1980 mastic mixed with asbestos may have been used to seal your tiles to the floor.

My concern is that there may be asbestos behind the sheet vinyl perhaps in the paper backing or glue adhesive. He said that asbestos in flooring was more in the 1950s and thought that the sheet vinyl was probably a replacement floor anyway. The wondrous new no wax flooring sold by companies such as congoleum put a glossy sheen on post war american prosperity. For a 1970 s vintage asbestos containing floor tile photo guide please also see the following articles.

Asbestos was used in vinyl wallpaper from the 1920s and in the vinyl floor tiles and sheet flooring that rose to prominence in the 1950s. If you have to scrape up cutback keep it misted with water. It wasn t until the 1980s that the dangers of asbestos were discovered and manufacturers stopped using it in their vinyl flooring. Sheet vinyl came comes is many grades and widths.

1970 1972 armstrong vinyl asbestos floor tile guide to patterns colors 9x9 12x12 inch. 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. Vinyl asbestos floor tile photos for 1970 1972 surrounding years. Even tho they quit making flooring in 1978 with asbestos they sold remaing stock probably into the mid 1990 s.