Asbestos, a heat-resistant fibrous silicate mineral, was a common element in construction materials due to its resilient, durable nature—until the 1980s, anyway, when it was banned due to the ...

Adhesives for these and other building materials also may contain asbestos. The EPA website lists 18 products in which asbestos is still not banned, and 10 of these are building materials.

Removing old floor coverings and their adhesives can be one of the messiest and most difficult do-it-yourself projects. Some new techniques and products can help speed up the work and make it ...

"Homes built prior to the 1980s are almost certain to contain asbestos-based products." Typically, 9-by-9-inch tiles are a main harborer of the dangerous mineral, but it can be present in flooring ...

Asbestos was used in floor tiles and adhesives prior to about 1980. If you feel there is no asbestos danger because these were newer tiles, I think the best way to remove the sticky adhesive is to ...

Workers said they routinely removed tiles that contained asbestos and scraped off adhesive that contained friable asbestos with tenants still in the apartments. “I tore up tiles while there were ...

The asbestos was discovered in adhesive under carpeting and tiles on Sept. 10, a day after a scheduled $147,461 flooring replacement project began in the youth services department.

Mastic is a tile adhesive used up until 1988 but was banned because of asbestos. According to the El Paso County Assessor's website, the building where the King Soopers building is, was built in 1980.