Piece of old flooring

[boojababy]

Can anyone tell me any thing about this? Age? Type? It's from under the stairs.

 

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[ARC]

JFYI... Many old flooring materials contained Asbestos.

Not saying this one does... but just a heads up.

 

[boojababy]

I heard that.

 

[reale bill]

Looks like a piece of old linoleum

 

[ARC]

Looks like a piece of old linoleum

Hence the asbestos comment.

 

[diggummup]

As someone in the flooring industry for about 30 years I have a little knowledge on this subject. Most flooring products that do contain asbestos are stable until you start messing around and creating dust with the demo. Usually you just patch it and cover over it with new product when at all possible. With the red backing on your piece and the tar paper, it looks more like a piece of old congoleum or an Armstrong product versus linoleum. Some Congoleum flooring contained asbestos between the 1940's-1984, as well as many Armstrong flooring products. Actual "linoleum" flooring in the truest sense of the word does not contain asbestos though some of the adhesives used to secure it may. However, asphalt-saturated felt backed sheet flooring which is often called "linoleum" erroneously as a general term does contain asbestos. I'm sure you're confused now. So yes your piece could contain asbestos and it probably date between the 1920's and the 1940's.

 

[Tony in SC]

diggummup has got it "covered". Linoleum, congoleum and wood. I don't think I ever saw carpet until I was 18 years old.

 

[boojababy]

If it does have asbestos I guess it's good there is just a little under the stairs.

 

[Hillbilly Prince]

Prefer wood floors. Seen a few houses around here with dirt floors.
Anyone else see polar bears and a smurf house?

 

[boojababy]

From what I read I think I am safe, except for the piece I took off whatever is left has never been disturbed.

 

[unclemac]

your fear is over blown....

The most common way for asbestos fibers to enter the body is through breathing. In fact, asbestos containing material is not generally considered to be harmful unless it is releasing dust or fibers into the air where they can be inhaled or ingested.

 

[DCMatt]

Prefer wood floors. Seen a few houses around here with dirt floors.
Anyone else see polar bears and a smurf house?

I was going to make a snarky comment about your post but I looked again. I totally see polar bears!

 

[A2coins]

Its bestus not to mess with aspestus

 

[boojababy]

I was going to make a snarky comment about your post but I looked again. I totally see polar bears!

I don't see polar bears or Smurf houses.

 

[tamrock]

I just layed a new floor covering the kitchen and living room with this wood looking stuff mama picked out. I completely forget about the linoleum tiles I put down before the pergo I put over it like 28 years ago. It's still under there and it'll most likely be the next owner of this house to discover it someday along with a shiny 2018 penny I put under it, as I just covered it up for a second time. That pergo was sure easy to dismantling and haul to a dumpster once I busted my butt, cramming all the furniture down stairs. Sure hope mana's content with this floor for a while.

 

[tamrock]

I was going to make a snarky comment about your post but I looked again. I totally see polar bears!

Yeah, cute little polar bear cubs

 

[sandchip]

Your fear is over blown...

Amen. I'm glad somebody come out and said it. First off, I fully realize it's a hazard if you're inhaling the dust on a regular basis. After Daddy got out of the Army, he built a few hog houses back in the late 40s before moving on to residential construction. They were ceiled with 4 x 8 x 1/4" sheets of asbestos that he cut with a circular saw. No mask, nothing, and he never had any respiratory problems. I remember him telling me he could see the the fibers sparkling as they floated in the air. Offhand, I can't think of anything that is said about the mineral other than that spewed by attorneys every 10 minutes on every channel on TV for years now. Hell, I've still got bundles of asbestos siding and the tools to cut and punch it, and I wouldn't hesitate to use it. I have two houses sided with it, drink water out of mains of asbestos cement pipe and I don't worry one bit. We had a meeting the other day to discuss applying for an LMIG to replace old AC water mains in town. I asked why and the reply was health hazard. You could see the fear in the eyes of some of the members present who never realized that some of the mains contained the stuff. I said, "For crying out loud, you don't have to inhale water to drink it." Our water super said that fittings for it are expensive and difficult to find when making taps and repairs. I told him, "Now, that's a valid reason." But don't give me that garbage that it's harmful to drink water out of it. I've been doing it every day for my entire life. My feelings are the same for lead, too. I lettered signs for 10 years with lead based lettering enamels, breathing the fumes, getting it on my hands for hours at the time and never a problem to this day. Oh, and sweet Chlordane, I sprayed it under my own house and my parents' back when you could still get it, and still no problems. Listen, I'm not fool enough to say that stuff like this won't hurt you if used in excess or on a regular basis, but I damn sure ain't running scared at the mention of a word either.

 

[Noah_D]

Amen. I'm glad somebody come out and said it. First off, I fully realize it's a hazard if you're inhaling the dust on a regular basis. After Daddy got out of the Army, he built a few hog houses back in the late 40s before moving on to residential construction. They were ceiled with 4 x 8 x 1/4" sheets of asbestos that he cut with a circular saw. No mask, nothing, and he never had any respiratory problems. I remember him telling me he could see the the fibers sparkling as they floated in the air. Offhand, I can't think of anything that is said about the mineral other than that spewed by attorneys every 10 minutes on every channel on TV for years now. Hell, I've still got bundles of asbestos siding and the tools to cut and punch it, and I wouldn't hesitate to use it. I have two houses sided with it, drink water out of mains of asbestos cement pipe and I don't worry one bit. We had a meeting the other day to discuss applying for an LMIG to replace old AC water mains in town. I asked why and the reply was health hazard. You could see the fear in the eyes of some of the members present who never realized that some of the mains contained the stuff. I said, "For crying out loud, you don't have to inhale water to drink it." Our water super said that fittings for it are expensive and difficult to find when making taps and repairs. I told him, "Now, that's a valid reason." But don't give me that garbage that it's harmful to drink water out of it. I've been doing it every day for my entire life. My feelings are the same for lead, too. I lettered signs for 10 years with lead based lettering enamels, breathing the fumes, getting it on my hands for hours at the time and never a problem to this day. Oh, and sweet Chlordane, I sprayed it under my own house and my parents back when you could still get it, and still no problems. Listen, I'm not fool enough to say that stuff like this won't hurt you if used in excess or on a regular basis, but I damn sure ain't running scared at the mention of a word either.

I agree... I am still careful and refrain from using things like that too often, but I know that it isn't going to hurt me. I know that some people have fears of a way overexaggerated danger and I think some people take it WAY too far. I guess it is better for people to be too cautious than not enough though.

 

[unclemac]

yeah...and don't drink straight Roundup right out of the jug either!