asbestos tile

Q. My concrete basement floor is covered with vinyl asbestos tile.

The portion of the roof visible from the street is covered with asbestos tiles that are a charcoal gray color.

The unsound portions of the clubhouses, which were built with asbestos tile, would be torn down.

Interior finishes were stained cedar batten panels and vinyl asbestos tile, with an open ceiling space.

The office in Westgate, east Cleveland was shut down after asbestos tiles were discovered in the ceiling.

Vinyl composition tiles took the place of asbestos tiles, which were widely used in schools, hospitals, offices, and public buildings up until the 1980s.

The upstairs spaces were chopped into tiny rooms; buckling asbestos tiles covered the floors; one room was painted a garish pink.

He palmed it open, was in an asbestos tile and plasterboard hall with a menu-board directory of room numbers and names.

But Bill King, the recreation supervisor for Nassau Beach, said the clubhouses were beyond repair, particularly since they were filled with asbestos tile.

Other problems include asbestos tiles on the floor, lead paint on the walls, mold in most places and decaying brick and mortar work in the basement.

In late 2012, the club were once again forced into further work upon the Main Stand, removing the remaining concrete asbestos tiles on the roof and upgrading the kitchen facilities.

The majority of the funds were used to rehabilitate Charlie Barracks by bringing electrical systems up to modern standards, and removing lead paint and asbestos tiles from the 50s-era facility.

The phrase "adequately wet" is an environmental term referring to the handling of asbestos containing work, such as the demolition of older houses containing carcinogenic asbestos tiles or roof materials.

They said they were inspired by the 12-foot-high ceilings, the acres of white walls and the rough, unfinished floors, which had been stripped of five layers of carpeting to rid them of asbestos tiles.

Michael C. Rakower, a lawyer for Mr. Cante, said the problems started in April, when Mr. Cante's supervisor at Public School 181 in Springfield Gardens told him to replace some asbestos tiles.

LEAD: Cracked Floor Tiles Cracked Floor Tiles Q. Our basement floor is covered with vinyl asbestos tiles that were put down about 18 years ago when this was what everyone was using on floors of this kind.

Tiles free of asbestos cannot be distinguished by their size alone - although asbestos tiles were commonly manufactured in 9-inch squares, not all 9-inch square vinyl tiles manufactured before 1980 contain asbestos, and asbestos tiles were created in a variety sizes.