Very informative and well thought out video. I learned a lot by watching it. Thank you for taking the time to post it.

Great video. Honestly the best one on this site, thank you!

We live in a rental home with carpet over these tiles--in the kitchen, hallway, and bathroom. The carpet is in bad condition and needs to be ripped out, but our landlord got a quote and it was high, like you said. Now we just gotta live with it. My main concern is in the bathroom, where the tile is popping up in front of the tub. It worries me because we've got 4 kids, you know? We have been really lenient renters and unfortunately that has set the tone for what gets addressed for repairs in the house.

I removed carpet 3 days ago in our new home and uncovered an entire room of asbestos tiles! (House built 1960) I removed one tile to show someone underneath which revealed black mastic adhesive on top of plywood! Seems original to the house indicative of VAT tile! I learned that by watching, reading here online on what everyone is saying! Yesterday I sprayed the entire floor with water made like a little bath on the floor (never swept also taped shut two hvac ducts in the room) I pulled all the staples on my hands and knees yesterday and took like 4 rags and two full buckets of water to wipe the debris, staples and dust off the top layer! My wife is pregnant at home and this is an upstairs room! This will be the babys room eventually soo my goal is to gut the entire room sheetrock painting etc; and encapsulate the tile floor properly! I cleaned the surfaces yesterday to have ready a clean, flat, and ready surface! My idea would be to use special paint to seal the tile (I read somewhere here online epoxy of some sort) any suggestions would be appreciated and then eventually black paper and laminate flooring on top for a perfect encapsulation ! Any suggestions on materials or alternatives would be highly appreciated before I start going at this alone! My store would be home depot ideally! Thank you

Can I safely scrape old carpet glue off 9" (suspect) vinyl tiles? I've removed the old carpet to find the tiles...mostly intact but the entire edge of the room has carpet pad glued to the vinyl.

Help pleas - If you have an area of 5x7 say, where the tiles are already up and you want to put in another type of vinyl tile in that space whilst leaving the rest of the tile in the room intact what would you use to prep/seal the sub floor before using another adhesive for the new tile? Many many thanks! Jay

I have an old out building and it has what i think is slate tile on it breaks like a creamic tile made in the 30s

I just encapsulated an asbestos tile floor that was in good repair with epoxy garage floor coating. Ran several coats up to about 3mm and then used a moisture barrier and covered in LVP. Hopefully solved the issue.

Would you recommend using wallpaper steamer over the heat gun method?

Renovating old kitchen, removing lower cabinets revealed massive amount of water damage. Dad started sawing the subfloor to see how many joists were affected. Then we saw there are asbestos tiles under on of the layers of flooring. He power sawed the heck out of it before we even knew. Dust everywhere. Hvac on. Like what now 😬😬😬

I’m buying a home, and it appears to have Asbestos tiles in the basement only (red/black) tiles and in another section (green) tiles.. some are chipped .. should I be worried that it’s airborne? I have 2 small children, and I definitely don’t want them exposed to that... & how much would a contractor charge for about 800 square feet removal??

recently my bungalow flood with water due to loft pipe burst, after removing the laminate floor noticed there is asbestos flooring below with bitumen. Almost three weeks running dehumidifer, still mositure on it but it's good in shape.. can i install the flooring tiles, on top current absestos tiles ? is there health risk installing on soaked absestos tiles? kindly advise

I baught my home 2007, and the Home Inspector didn't test the flooring. Today I decided to get an estimate for hardwood floors, and was told that all my floors are black slated tiles, so it's obvious that I have asbestos on my floors. Please help me? what can I do. I am also a senior citizen.

Does it have to be painted or sealed? We have asbestos tiles and are laying down flooring over them but I don't know if it's been sealed. They had carpet over them initially.

A wallpaper steamer works great for safety removing asbestos floor tiles and the black mastic underneath.

My mom house was built in 1970 through 1971. However years ago carpet was installed. My question is I wanted remove the vile, bacteria filled carpet with laminated wood floor. The said the floors needed to be tested for asbestos before they could the laminated flooring.

How do I remove asbestos from concrete floor, that have carpet on top of it.

Can I put the barrier on top of vynil tile prior1986 to laminate? 😊

ARE YOU STILL DOING A VIDEO ON ASBESTOS TAPE ON DUCT WORK?

Thanks

Four years ago, I bought a rehab. house that was built in 1955 and did repairs myself. The carpeting was heavily soiled with dog urine and we were concerned that the urine might have seeped into the joints between the tiles. I didn’t think of asbestos at the time and just took a putty knife to remove the tiles. Many popped right off intact, some broke in two and some were stubborn and broke into many pieces. We swept up the debris and put it out in the trash, then washed the concrete slab and painted over it (to seal in any smell). Now I think we probably removed tiles with asbestos, and there was dust involved. I have heard it can take decades following exposure to develop asbestos-related illness. I am almost 65 now and hope to die of another cause before such illness could appear. Fortunately, this work was done before the heating and cooling systems functioned, so I am thankful for that. Any recommendations at this late date?

i jumped out of my seat when he snapped that tile, lol

I'm in the uk I have those tiles on my floor there all cracked it's right through its being tested next week

Very informative! Can you make a video on asbestos in old boilers and pipe insulation?

The tiles we found under carpet in my basement are in about the same condition as these. You messing with them makes me feel better. They scare me and it’s going to take months for us to save up enough money to get them abated.

I came across this video and it's so helpful. I'm in the process of buying a home built in the 60's and notice the basement tile have the similar ones your showing. What questions should I ask about that and if we go through the process how to cover it up? I can't afford to remove them at this time with a professional. Should I talk to my agent? And a home inspection is currently in the process. Thanks so much!

A remediation guy removed my basement tiles and half the mastic. He didn't shut-off the furnace or hose down the floor, so white dust covered every surface on the 1st floor. That dust contains 2% asbestos. Do I have to have the whole house professionally cleaned (diff contractor) along with the furnace and ducts?

I am a realtor and its 1:48 am PSt studying about asbestos and I like the way he broke the tile, lol.

My dads going to be doing this next week. He has a beard, he’s not going to use a suit. Hope all goes well. Praying to god

i spray them with water and just used a chisel to remove them but that's probably not the proper way to do it and might be dangerous

Asbestos was never banned 100%. It is still made today and it's in basically every asphalt shingle on the market.

Use a heat gun or an iron over a T-shirt to soften em up and then gently scrape them off one at a time

Hi, Few tiles of ours in 1966 . we have a very 1970's or early 1980's basement (cant tell) Few 12x12 tiles popped because kids with their athletic equipment bags were tossing their bags from the 1st to the basement down the stairs and cost several to pop up. Not sure I understand how to remove the mastic and the tile.

I removed a bunch of this tile on my new (old) house and did not think about the possibility of asbestos. Luckily I didn't follow the original plan and start grinding down the cutback. I guess I'll wait and see if I now have health issues.

Remember that the black mastic adhesive is also full of asbestos

So is it the tile or yhe black glue that has asbestos?

I live in a house with asbestos. It is covered up by tile but there are some holes in the grout. my grandparents have lived in it for 40 ish years and have zero health problems and I've lived in it since I was 1(19 now) I plan on taking it out when the house is fully mine.

My vinyl tiles (hot) are in excellent condition with new carpet that the seller installed on but the inspector said it's safe now but what if the nail strip needs to be removed or replaced in the future for new carpet or new laminate floor? Do you think it's really necessary to remove?

Inspector you broke a asbestos tile without even wearing any mask. Is this not dangerous and are you not compromised

Can I just pour self levelling concrete over the tiles after a skim coat to seal the fans in the tile seems ??

Thanks so much for your information !!! I have a water damage to take care in 2 days, the floor is asbestos concrete and tile with asbestos on top of it, Can I use the regular drying equipment such a fans and Dehumidifiers ? Does the fans spread the asbestos in the air ? Please advise me on that. Thanks.

excellent information well told story.

I have old parquet flooring and was told the black glue underneath has asbestos. Is there a safe way to remove the glue? Or can we apply ceramic tiles right over it? Thank you

I have some suspected asbestos tiles in my basement that are broken up already. i'm curious to know if they still release the fibers into the air just sitting there without being disturbed ?

Interesting you just snapped a floor tile, once at a super market I was installing a fridge cabinet and we needed to pack the fridge up and found some old 9x9 dark green floor tiles unstuck out the back by a sink and I snapped them and used them and just after I was done I realized they would have been asbestos, it stressed me out for a bit but I guess it isnt a big deal. I gets bad when these supermarkets are being renovated and they are cutting the floor tiles with a petrol saw to make concrete cuts for drains, I have been exposed this way.

What do you do if there is mold (not black mold) on the asbestos tile. Can you Bleach it before encapsulating it? Also can you seal the tile with something? Tile is in my kitchen and mold is on tiles near sink and dishwasher area. Thanks for your help.

We plan to lay vinyl tiles right over what’s clearly 9x9 asbestos tiles. All tiles are intact well except a few missing tiles here and there. They previously laid carpet tack stripes along perimeter of room and nailed right into some of the tiles. Most of them they removed though around perimeter except one wall where the cracked tiles are. They also stapled the carpet pad right into tiles everywhere, and we have to remove those. Can we safely just sweep up loose tiles and debris and pull out staples while masked and properly cover up? I’m not really nervous about the few loose broken tiles because I figure they have already been broken under the carpet for years now. But I’m worried pulling staples out will release more particles, causing more damage.

Just go over them with quarter inch cement board ..if your doing ceramic you need to thos anyway if you have wood subfloor

After the tile and glue are removed, how long before it is out of the air and safe for yourself and pets to come back in the home?

Could one pull just the loose and broken tiles, then lay carpet on top or would all the tile need to come up?

Our likely asbestos tile in the basement is in good shape. Can I put a layer of poly over it to seal it?

Aside from breaking the tile without a mask on you must also remember that the mastic (glue) holding the tiles in place also may contain asbestos these two products are considered to be non-friable which means the fibers are not released in to the air as easily as vermiculite Insulation

We have asbestos tile in all our bedrooms and plan on covering it with cork floating tiles. 90% of the tiles are in great shape, but the perimeter of each room has cracks or missing pieces. How best should we deal with the edges to fill in the missing pieces and level it for the new flooring? Epoxy? Leveling cement?

I removed and scraped about 130 sqft of asbestos tile without knowing about the danger. no PPE. I always thought asbestos was just used for old insulation. I hope I don't die in 20 years because I'm only 24. Bought a respirator and been keeping the HVAC off now. Planning on putting it in multiple heavy duty garbage bags and putting concrete self leveler over the mastic.

Do you know if floors that are one sheet contain asbestos. Also floor is very thin about 1/8" and seems like it's paper type material with a vinyl top.

My tile contains only 2 percent chrysotile and the glue 4percent would you consider it bad and also have a profesional or would it be something I can do

So once the tiles are removed how do you treat the floor for carpeting or LV??

I know this is an older video but my ground level took in about an inch of water. It was laminate flooring but as I peek under its red and beige tile similar to the ones in the video. Can I safely emove the laminate and assess? If I see the floor is in poor condition I will call the pros but if it's alright can I just put in LVP on top? Would you recommend a water barrier on top of the older tiles and then install the waterproof lvp? I have a baby at home and already have asthma myself so I don't want to risk exposure for any of us but if it's in good condition if I'm understanding the video correctly I can encapsulate with another flooring type, correct? Thank you.

My house was built in 59 and we are removing a wood floor from 2004 that got wet. We noticed some tar paper and black substance under that which appears to have 9x9 square pattern but no tile. Should I be concerned?

Hello, I would like to paint over the 9x9 tiles in my attic living space. But when I ask for epoxy paint for cat, the paint guy at the big box store says I need asbestos specialist recommendation. Can't I just use garage floor paint after degreasing floor with tsp? Thanks in advance 😊

Can a home in the 2000 have any kind of asbestos, like in vinyl tile or any other form???

The mastic most likely contains asbestos as well.

If I break an asbestos floor tile into two pieces, break will have asbestos fibers released.will it continue to have asbestos fibers coming out form the fissure？

Would the heat gun be better than wetting them then scrapping them up?

Is it safe to apply click flooring over this type of tile?

If your ceiling has asbestos (pop corn ceiling) are u safe as long as you don’t remove it?

My tile fits exactly what have described. I removed about 80 square feet by breaking them with multi tool . How likely am I affected by asbestos ? Thanks

I have asbestos tile I found an original box of spare tiles with the label from when the house was built in 1970. I would like to paint over the floor with a oil primer, then oil base paint to seal. I have another vinyl tile I'll be laying to finish the room. Is the primer and oil base paint enough to keep it encapsulated ? I will say this, that old tile has held up like STEEL!

We have what are probably asbestos tiles in our basement, they are completely intact and non-friable and extremely ugly. Can they be painted? If so, what products would you use?

I’ve already removed tiles awhile back without realizing that they could contain asbestos. They came up pretty cleaner without cracking. My issue now is the black mastic underneath. Do I have to remove it, or can I paint over it? I don’t really care about the way it looks I’m just looking to seal it. Is that possible?

I have this flooring in my home. It has been covered by carpet. I want to expose it, seal and wax it. What would you recommend to remove carpet glue, then seal potential cracks from carpet nail strips and then seal and wax for safety and aesthetic purposes?

Heat gun? If it becomes pliable and you can lift it off where is the danger?

So if the tiles have small chips or crack in them is it safe to even be in the room?

Is it just the tiles or also the glue?

What about that black stuff underneath? Does that have asbestos?

Reminder that asbestos is also in the glue that holds them down. Hire a contractor, even if it's a couple of grand, It's better than dying in a long battle with lung cancer, where you feel you're suffocating most of the time

you just snapped one in half right in your face?!?!?!

This might sound crazy but if i do indeed need to have my asbestos vinyl flooring removed because they aren't in the best condition could i just encapsulate it with concrete?

What about the adhesive?

Use dry ice. The tile will come off in whole pieces.

Are asbesto tile always that brittle?

I have accidentally removed 800sqft. Didn't know :(

Can I send you an email with some photos?

Does linoleum from the 70s have asbestos?

Everyone has been exposed one way or another . The shit is still everywhere

But the 1989 ban was not total. And it is still used in many places. Russia is one of the main suppliers. Evil stuff.

I don't believe that that particular set of tiles in the video contain asbestos; being that he handled and snapped it without wearing hazmat gear.

Inspector Daggett: Shouldn,t you be wearing a dust mask or other breathing apperatus when being around Lady Asbestos?. M.

We have 3 layers of floor like this 😲😵

You said it's no joke ? I had asbestos removed.. they stuck a fan in the window cut it of the pipes put it in bas sprayed it with a water/ glue mixture and walked away with a truckload of my money... The joke was on me...

...too late 😭

This guys giving bad advice like he breaks a tile with asbestos in his hands and tells homeowners to bag it up and get it out without saying where to dispose it .

Encouraging (and that is what you are doing) people to expose themselves to asbestos is totally irresponsible. Please do not pretend to be a "professional" and put people's lives in danger. I actually do training for asbestos workers and have found your videos very helpful. I use them as an illustration of what not to do.

I always find it amusing that the inspectors or contractors are never wearing any safety gear when handling the stuff or are surrounded by broken, asbestos ridden surfaces. What does that tell you? Think about it. EDIT: Oh I didn't wait for the 'for a small fee' part. Gotcha. lol