If you're renovating floor tiles, make sure they do not contain asbestos. An expert tells us how to find out if the mineral is present and what to do about it.

Q: Our home is about 60 years old house and has asbestos floor tiles under the carpets. Now that we're selling, our agent wants us to list these tiles on our disclosure statement. She says this ...

Never, ever sand a vinyl floor that may contain asbestos. Be sure not to separate the vinyl from the underlayment. Doing so could release a dangerous amount of asbestos.

Often, if the tile does contain asbestos (tile that predates the mid-'70s when the use of asbestos was banned), your best method of redoing the existing flooring will be to encapsulate the present ...

Q: Our house had a flood due to a supply line rupture. We needed to replace our laminate tile floor in the kitchen that buckled due to the water. When the restoration crew came in they removed the … ...

Q. I live in an old 1800s home and had the floors tested for asbestos. The results came back 8 percent chrysotile (white asbestos) in the 9-by-9-inch tiles (two rooms) and 50 percent chrysotile ...

For instance, the only time you’ll need vapor barrier underlayment to install vinyl plank flooring is if you’re putting it on an unsealed concrete surface, like a basement floor. Installing an ...

A fourth commenter wrote, "We lifted up the flooring in our new house and found cat-wee-stained underlay and black asbestos tiles." Other users pointed out how the flooring appears to be "immaculate." ...

Asbestos found in tile flooring of Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall by: Web Staff. Posted: Feb 3, 2017 / 09:03 AM HST. Updated: Feb 3, 2017 / 09:03 AM HST.

Q. I live in an old 1800s home and had the floors tested for asbestos. The results came back 8 percent chrysotile (white asbestos) in the 9-by-9-inch tiles (two rooms) and 50 percent chrysotile ...