Question: Our house was built in 1984 in Charleswood. The laundry room has what appears to be original sheet linoleum that is lifting, damaged, and just plain ugly. We’d like to remove it but ...

This type of flooring is ‘cushioned’ even though it doesn’t feel all that soft in many cases. These floors can be 6′, 9′ 12′ even 13’6″ wide. DO NOT install good flooring or CBU”S directly over this ...

Flooring: Asbestos was also used in vinyl flooring, linoleum, and floor tiles adding strength and fire resistance to these essential construction elements. At rest, flooring doesn’t pose an immediate ...

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.

Unfortunately, vinyl sheet flooring and linoleum made in the 1960s or 70s have a high probability of containing asbestos, so it’s best to contact a professional before disturbing them so they ...

Question: I bought a home several months ago and had it inspected. But in my opinion the home inspector missed an important defect. One room has old-looking vinyl flooring that I recently ...

There are six main types of resilient flooring: linoleum, asphalt, vinyl (composition and solid), rubber, wood and cork. Roll flooring comes in the form of large sheets of material. One sheet either ...

I have no pipe insulation of any sort, but am worried about asbestos in the linoleum and possibly in the old (1950s/60s) shower tile/grout. The linoleum in the picture is what I’m questioning. The ...