How To Know If There's Asbestos In Your Home The possibility of asbestos floor tiles is an important thing to consider before you gut your home. "To determine if you have asbestos tiles, start by ...

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 ...

It was commonly used in popcorn ceilings, vinyl floor tiles, drywall and insulation of pipes and attics. In the 1980s the UK introduced regulations against the use of some asbestos, although its ...

If your inspector had disclosed the possibility of asbestos in the vinyl floor backing, this would not have obligated the seller to pay for removal of the material. Homes are generally sold on an ...

Hi there – My coop building is planning a renovation of the lobby and first floor which currently have asbestos-containing tile. Some people want to rip out the floors & replace them with stone, which ...

On the positive side, asbestos floor tiles are typically not friable. This means that they cannot be crumbled with normal hand pressure and are therefore not viewed by the Environmental Protection ...

The Bremen Community High School Board of Education has approved the removal of floor tiles that contain asbestos in three classrooms at Hillcrest High School. The three science labs, which are ...