Asbestos Under Hardwood

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Asbestos under hardwood.

Commenting entirely as an amateur here but one who s just been through a huge reno with asbestos removed from floors and new site finished hardwood laid throughout. Just because a floor is under the limit to be considered lead based one milligram per square meter doesn. Before 1978 lead was used in many. Asbestos was a popular building material for most of the last century until the.

Homes built before the 1980s could expose homeowners their families and others to asbestos possibly hiding in cement floor tiles insulation walls and pipes. Older flooring felt may contain asbestos making its removal critical. Often times the homeowner is unaware of the asbestos tile flooring at all. It s usually found covered up underneath an existing floor most often being carpet or even under a layer of plywood.

If what you found under the vinyl is roofing paper commonly used under flooring and it dates to before the late 1970 s it is possible there is asbestos fiber in it asbestos fiber was commonly used in roofing materials until it was outlawed as stated the only real danger in this is if you create an airborn dust otherwise the asbestos is locked into the material. Most asbestos felt in homes and businesses today is encapsulated under floor tiles and roof shingles. If roofing or flooring installed before 1980 must be repaired or replaced a sample of the underlayment should be tested for asbestos before the work gets underway. The safest thing to do in many cases is to leave it that way so asbestos fibers remain trapped.

Needless to say most of them have asbestos tile installed somewhere inside. Common in homes built in the 20th century black mastic was used as an adhesive for ceramic tile linoleum and other flooring materials. I was able to slip a pry bar under the tiles and pop them off. Flooring felt or tar paper is sometimes laid under tile flat carpeting or old linoleum.

If you are removing some of the tile i assume this means you are also removing the asbestos under that tile as it will almost certainly be disturbed when you remove the tile. I recently pulled up some parquet flooring in my house built 1960 s. Our guide to asbestos in the home can help protect you and others from exposure. What many wood floor professionals don t realize is that older floor varnishes may also contain lead.

In the era of do it yourself home renovations many.