Kentile Vinyl Asbestos Tile Paint

Kentile slate flooring patters in vinyl asbestos tiles included several slate colours such as gray red green black.

Kentile vinyl asbestos tile paint. The good news is that the harmful fibers are securely embedded into the vinyl material so under normal conditions the fibers aren t released into the air. One sample was quincy green q400 ut at least two other colors are shown. At the time commercials featured housewives updating their kitchens with kentile vinyl asbestos tiles. Kentile flooring identification photos history asbestos content.

Kentile solid vinyl quincy slate floor tile reverse side markings. Kentile flooring produced through 1986 may contain asbestos. Cork pattern vinyl asbestos floor tiles were produced in at least three hues by armstrong as well as montgomery ward and sears and possibly kentile and other companies. Most 9 inch vinyl tiles and many 12 inch tiles and the mastic adhesive that anchors them to the subfloor contain a level of asbestos.

If asbestos tiles are covered with carpeting or a floating floor made of wood bamboo cork linoleum or vinyl along with the appropriate vapor. This boom in sales and profitability remained steady. 1 8 thick vinyl vinyl asbestos floor tile in the quincy slate pattern. How to identify asbestos containing kentile or kenflex floor tiles.

Armstrong congoleum nairn ever wear kentile kenflex montgomery ward and sears roebuck are some of the brand names of vinyl tile from that period that might contain asbestos. Because floor tiles are not imprinted with brand names look for previous owners documentation or for excess tiles left by the installers. Click any image for an enlarged detailed version below the links will show a photograph of the kentile flooring being described. Kentile kenflex crystalite asphalt asbestos vinyl asbestos floor tiles very popular 1950 s 1960 s.

Above we show a 9 x 9 cork patterned vinyl asbestos floor tile found in a 1960 s ranch style home in new york. You can assume this floor tile contains asbestos. But removing the tiles can disturb this trapped asbestos so the best strategy is painting over asbestos. For more information about these older flooring types see asphalt vinyl floor tile history history dates and description of the production process and ingredients in asphalt floor tiles asphalt asbestos floor tiles vinyl asbestos floor tiles 1900 to present.

Throughout the 1950s vinyl asbestos tile was the most popular flooring option for kitchens across the country. Here we provide a photo guide to kentile asphalt asbestos flooring kentile vinyl asbestos floor tile identification photographs a list of product names styles colors and vinyl asbestos floor patterns and colors for asbestos containing floor tile products.