Asbestos in vinyl products becomes dangerous when microscopic fibers of the mineral are released and become airborne.
Kentile vinyl asbestos floor tile.
If the material is in good condition it normally does not pose a threat because the asbestos is enclosed in vinyl preventing the fibers from escaping.
If the floor tile is thicker than 1 16 particularly 1 8 or more we suspect you re looking at an asphalt based tile rather than a later vinyl asbestos floor tile.
I have a kitchen floor of 12 x 12 kentile vinyl tiles some of which are damaged and some of which we plan to take up.
Because floor tiles are not imprinted with brand names look for previous owners documentation or for excess tiles left by the installers.
Kentile s asbestos trust began accepting claims in march 2015 and currently holds 193 million in funds.
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Kentile floors flourished under founder arthur kennedy specializing in vinyl asphalt and cork floor tiles.
1956 kenroyal kentile vinyl tile floors ad kitchen capri blue white tweed.
However kentile eventually paid the price for their asbestos use.
The tile is kentile vinyl composition tile criterion.
Also see kentile kenflex asbestos floor tile guide.
While kentile used asbestos in nearly all of its flooring it was particularly prevalent in vinyl tiles adhesives and asphalt tiles.
Criterion solids kentile vinyl composition tile from 1986.
The floor was laid in 1986.
The kentile flooring idenfication photos and pattern examples shown here are culled from magazine advertisements and kentile flooring catalogs from the 1950 s.
1964 kentile brookstone vinyl asbestos tile floor ad exciting.
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Kentile floors was founded in 1898 by arthur kennedy in brooklyn new york the company produced large durable vinyl cork and rubber floor tiles many of which incorporated up to 25 asbestos.
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Asbestos vinyl floor tiles.
The company began as a small brooklyn tile company in 1898.