These products placed many construction workers at risk of asbestos exposure.
Armstrong vinyl tiles asbestos.
Los alamos 12 x 12 custom vinyl asbestos armstrong floor tiles sold in green 57281 and shown above.
The information provided below represents the last date for each floor product category that armstrong produced containing asbestos.
Click to enlarge any image we think that the sheet flooring in these photos is probably of similar age.
Straight grain 12 x 12 standard vinyl asbestos floor tiles from armstrong were sold in fawn white 56759 as shown above also in iriquiois tan.
Armstrong sheet flooring that matches the armstrong excelon swirl chip vinyl asbestos floor tile pattern released in 1968 and shown as a small tile image above.
Vinyl is a type of plastic that has long been a popular material for floor tiles and sheets.
Because floor tiles are not imprinted with brand names look for previous owners documentation or for excess tiles left by the installers.
For much of its history the company included asbestos in insulation cement tiles and vinyl flooring.
Armstrong produced the excelon tile series beginning with a plastic asbestos floor tile series in 1954 referring to the product as vinyl plastic asbestos floor tiles beginning in 1955 and vinyl asbestos tiles from 1957 to 1980.
Notable asbestos products manufactured by armstrong include.
Accobest as 8073 gasketing material.
Like floor tiles vinyl sheet flooring is a long lasting and economical material and it also offers more aesthetic options to suit a homeowner s taste.
Accopac ad 8024 asbestos paper.
Armstrong vinyl asbestos floor tile photo id catalogs 1951 1986.
Accobest as 474 gasketing material.
Travertex 12 x 12 floor tiles by armstrong sold in color harvest ivory 51137.
But that changes as soon as you decide to remove it.
No longer manufacturers resilient floors or adhesives that contain asbestos.
This page provides armstrong floor tile dentification photographs product names styles colors and vinyl asbestos floor patterns and colors for asbestos containing floor tile products made between 1980 and 1988.
Photo guide to asphalt asbestos and vinyl asbestos floor tiles 1980 1988.
Unfortunately vinyl sheet flooring manufactured with an asbestos backing poses a serious exposure risk when it is disturbed.
Within each pattern there were various colors available as well.