Identifying Asbestos Vinyl Sheet Flooring

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Identifying asbestos vinyl sheet flooring.

Over time asbestos sheets may have been replaced with asbestos free alternatives but if they are particularly old and look weathered they are likely to contain asbestos cement. There we explain that simple visual inspection can often distinguish among linoleum jute or burlap backed asphalt saturated felt backed flooring vinyl sheet flooring white or light colored backing and cork simple visual appearance. Asbestos sheeting identification can be presumed by getting an idea of how long ago the sheeting was installed before or after the 1990s and whether it was ever. Product photos both branded and un known sheet flooring brands.

See vinyl asbestos floor tile packaging. Check the sheet flooring material to identify linoleum or to check for sheet flooring likely to contain asbestos this topic has been moved to sheet flooring inspect test. The vinyl asbestos floor tile and asphalt asbestos and sheet flooring asbestos photo catalog became so huge that the file was slow to load and unwieldy so we broke the catalog into segments by year range. Click here to read more.

Guides for identifying specifc floor products that do or do not contain asbestos see asbestos flooring identification guide index for a complete index to id guides for asbestos containing flooring.