Fixing asbestos tiles back down

rustywallet

Hi, 

I just pulled up an old lino that has been down for 20 years. Underneath are the orange tiles that I know contain asbestos.

As I pulled up the old lino, some of the old tiles broke off, I have covered this area for now with the old lino for now whilst I work out what to do.

Is there anything I can use to seal the broken tiles and fill in the gaps, there are quite a few, before laying the new lino?

The house is rented, housing association. so I won't be removing them. Thank-you.

grumbler

If the original adhesive remains, then for fixing you need something very liquid/fluid and drying/setting slowly.

PVA? Epoxi compound?

IMO, PVA is good for sealing.

Eldi_Dos

Get in touch with your housing association's maintenance department, it is a issue they should be dealing with and should have procedures in place to make safe.

Norman_Castle

As above, ask the HA. If they don't help I've recently removed some and used PVA to seal the black mastic underneath which has worked well. The mastic can also contain asbestos.

GDB2222

Don't worry too much. The asbestos is held in a solid plastic material, and it's not flying all over the place as loose fibres. 

You'll need a dead smooth floor for laying the new lino, so a good solution is 6mm ply, stuck down as you won't want to drill into the old tiles. The 6mm is strong enough to bridge any small gaps in the tiles underneath. If there are big gaps where several tiles have come up, polyfilla is quite a good bodge! 

rustywallet

Thanks everyone, I have got in touch with the HA. If they fix it all well and good, but if not, I'll use pva on the broken bits as there are quite a few, any suggestions for bridging any gaps? 
GDB2222 - I shouldn't n need to put ply if I can fill the missing bits, as the old vinyl sat well on the lino below.