Possible asbestos tiles

Spoonhead88

I'm doing up a bedroom in an old terrace house and I took up some 30 year old carpet and underlay and found that part of the floor has 9x9 vinyl tiles. The rest is just the floorboards but as bits of black mastic  over. It looks like someone removed most of the tiles but left a section. I know if you don't disturb them then they hold no danger but was wondering if carpeting companies would carpet over this or would they required the possible asbestos tiles removing first?

[Deleted User]

Hi,

never heard of asbestos tiles on a floor, have you a photie, please.

FreeBear

[Deleted User] said: never heard of asbestos tiles on a floor,

Marley tiles were one such brand that contained small amounts of asbestos. The adhesive used to fix these things down sometimes contained traces of asbestos too. As long as the tiles are not cracked & loose, they are safe to leave in place and covered over.

A little unusual to find them in a bedroom. They were more often used in kitchens & bathrooms.

Spoonhead88

frugalmacdugal said:

Hi,

never heard of asbestos tiles on a floor, have you a photie, please.

Tiles are 9 x9

Spoonhead88

FreeBear said:

[Deleted User] said: never heard of asbestos tiles on a floor,

Marley tiles were one such brand that contained small amounts of asbestos. The adhesive used to fix these things down sometimes contained traces of asbestos too. As long as the tiles are not cracked & loose, they are safe to leave in place and covered over.

A little unusual to find them in a bedroom. They were more often used in kitchens & bathrooms.

It's in an attic bedroom. I know the dormer was added in the 70s but no idea when the tiles were put down

Section62

[Deleted User] said:

Hi,

never heard of asbestos tiles on a floor, have you a photie, please.

One of the commonly found (but often unexpected) uses of asbestos inside the home....

https://www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos/essentials/floortiles.htm


OP, the attitude towards asbestos varies from person to person and company to company.

Unless you get a sample of the tiles tested you won't know if they do contain asbestos.  Personally I'd assume they do until proven otherwise.

The main issue with carpet fitting is if they need/want to use nail-down gripper.  The nails may cause the tiles to shatter.  So whether or not the tiles are potentially an issue will depend on where they are relative to the edge of the carpet, and what fitting method the carpet fitters intend to use.

Spoonhead88

Section62 said:

The main issue with carpet fitting is if they need/want to use nail-down gripper.  The nails may cause the tiles to shatter.  So whether or not the tiles are potentially an issue will depend on where they are relative to the edge of the carpet, and what fitting method the carpet fitters intend to use.

I think I might be in luck then because around the perimeter of the room there is no tile.