Carpet Over Vinyl Asbestos Tile

Vinyl tile is an excellent option for sealing in asbestos tiles.

Carpet over vinyl asbestos tile.

The bottom layer is the 9x9 type and the top layer is ther 12x12 peel and stick type. That said it can be difficult to get a level surface for the new floor especially if the old tiles have chipped away. One of the biggest factors of installing a new floor over the old is thickness. If the carpet glue is negative for asbestos but floor tile and or.

Tore the basement carpet off it. Install carpet over asbestos tile step 1 unroll carpet and allow it to set out overnight to get acclimated to the temperature of your room. Can we have carpet installed over these two layers. P i have some carpet installers at my home now to install some carpet over some possible asbestos tile have not had it tested.

Adhesives and mastics asbestos was. Bob jones new member my wife and i bought and moved into a house a couple months ago. Is it safe to drill through the possible asbestos tile. Carpet over asbestos tile discussion in carpet q a started by bob jones sep 28 2020 at 1 18 pm.

Backing on sheet flooring linoleum or roll vinyl asbestos is in the felt backing. I don t think i want. Vinyl asbestos tiles vat asbestos was mixed into the tile material to add tensile strength. The vinyl is.

In many cases installing a new floor over the tiles encapsulates the asbestos fibers and is an acceptable way to manage the material. Plan and budget for an asbestos abatement to remove the carpet and asbestos flooring materials 3. If your carpet is removed new underlayment put over the vinyl tile and new carpet installed over the new underlayment then you won t have a problem. Big problem they are trying to glue down the tackstrips and they are finding that the glue is not holding down the tack strips well enough so that the carpet will not get pulled up almost immediatly.

If you aren t removing the old floor you may be creating a new floor that is too thick for doors to. We have two layers of asbestos tiles in our family room basement lucky us. Leave the carpet in place or cover over the existing carpet 2. Asbestos is only dangerous when it is exposed.