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Moisture under vinyl asbestos tile

Sarah Fitzgerald
5 years ago

We recently moved into a house built in 1962. The sheet floor in the bathroom was gross and came up easiky, so we pulled it. Underneath laid 9x9 squares of asbestos tile, no mastic though. We had been working on the kitchen and the material was in tact so we postponed the flooring. Recently we discovered a tile missing and exposed plywood like material by the bathtub that was taking in moisture. The board has swollen and has a smell to it. We covered it with kilz to prevent further damage, the smell is now gone, but we are concerned about tiling over it in case mold is now present. We are also concerned with taking up the tile as it is less dangerous in tact than having it removed. Advice?

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