Unwittingly removed asbestos floor tiles. What's the deal?
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Removing vinyl from asbestos tiles in kitchen.
Comments (1)Do you know how old the sheet vinyl is? There is more to be concerned with that, rather than the 1947 tiles. For many years sheet vinyl was manufactured with a mineral fiber (asbestos) felt backing. There is the potential to create friable asbestos when attempting to strip the design layer from the backing....See MoreTile Removal & Asbestos
Comments (4)Yeah.. YouâÂÂre one of the lucky among the few. Whether you tested it yourself or called any asbestos professionals? Recently weâÂÂd found some old pipes and suspected of asbestos content in it. I was afraid of testing it as I heard that little exposure to asbestos can cause chronic diseases. Asbestos specialists from Healthy Environmental, Ontario was called and test was done. The asbestos content was found and was removed by them. It is always advisable to call any asbestos professionals for handling asbestos, improper handling can cause deadly diseases....See MorePossible Asbestos Tile Removed Unprofessionally. How safe is the home?
Comments (6)I'm a retired floorman for over 40 years experience and went to a union school to learn the trade. Installers were told to take up asbestos tile and sheet vinyl with asbestos back years ago because they did not know of any danger so I sanded it down with a drum sander or took up 9 x 9 tile but in the 80's we were told it was dangerous so by law we could not do it. Wetting it down is part of the process to remove with masks and proper disposal. As far as danger in your house even if the tile glue which is black cut back had asbestos in it, if overlay-ed with plywood and new flooring is okay because it is then concealed and there is no harm to you. Years ago FHA required asbestos had to be used because it was fire retardant would not burn but melt. I sanded it for years and still not developed Mesothelioma Cancer....See MoreAsbestos again - floor tile and adhesive removed now what?
Comments (20)anglophilia- I'm sorry your husband died of cancer. However, that does not mean that since he he didn't die of an asbestos-related disease what you did with your floors was necessarily safe. Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't. Many people have exposures to toxic materials, even multiple ones, and it doesn't cause them health problems or kill them...but some are affected. In my posts above urging caution, I'm not suggesting that if you have an asbestos exposure it will kill you...it's just that you want to minimize avoidable exposures. I have a 93 year old relative who is still alive after decades of smoking and working around asbestos, and I also know of a 30-year old who died from asbestos exposure as a result of a several week summer job he had in college. Risk is a complex issue that depends on many factors, including genetics. One can't predict which individuals specifically will come down with a disease from a certain type of toxic exposure; we can only see what the overall incidences are and try to help people avoid taking risks that might make them one of the unlucky ones. We are all exposed to nasty stuff, often without realizing it. Typically, larger exposures --- such as occupation-related ones -- are more concerning. But there are some substances, such as asbestos and lead, where the medical and scientific communities have yet to find any level of exposure/intake that is guaranteed safe. People want risk to be black and white: it will kill me or it won't. But most environmental concerns aren't like that, so we have to live with a wide spectrum of gray, and make personal decisions on how cautious to be or not. I know for certain something will kill me some day, but I try to avoid making choices that will possibly speed that up.......See MoreNicole Al-rabiah
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