Marissa Taylor wrote:
I'm concerned that my 12" x 12" white ceiling tiles may contain
asbestos. They have holes and small etchings in them. However, many
fiber based, non-asbestos tiles may look similar and hopefully that is
what I have. Short of sending one to a lab, are there any visual
differences between harmless fiber ceiling tiles and older ones made of
asbestos?

I need to remove one as a pipe appears to be leaking above it, but if
asbestos is involved, it will be a whole other project!

Here is what they look like:

Picture of the Tiles:
http://images46.fotki.com/v1506/phot...MG_2509-vi.jpg


Picture of a cut tile, where a fixture was hung. Note the almost
cardboard brown/orange color of the interior of the tile:

http://images50.fotki.com/v1513/phot...MG_2511-vi.jpg



Marissa,

I haven't a clue whether those tiles have asbestos or not but can tell
you that if they were installed after 1980 they should be OK unless
someone used old stock.

that said, I'm not nuts about the light in your second picture... what's
the deal there? Am concerned about that installation, why is there tile
around there and not a proper box?

nate

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