On 6-Jun-2005, wrote:

The asbestos floor tile is not the flaky, dangerous asbestos used in
insulation applications of long ago. As I understand it, the people
that came down with asbestosis were exposed to it for a very prolonged
period of time.

However, use proper precautions. Turn off your air handler if you have
one, wear a breather mask, put a window fan in place in that room to
suck air out, open up another window somewhere to create a
cross-breeze, put plastic over any doorways, create negative pressure
in the room you are working in to help keep dust from leaving the work
area... etc.

You can go nuts, but I don't think there is too much danger in removing
the old floor tiles. Others will probably disagree with me, but just
one man's opinion...

Hey, I just removed 200 sq ft of the old tile using the same
precautions and I feel fine! G

Um, thanks for the info but this doesn't really relate to what I'm doing.
The remark about asbestos tile had to do with a job the contractor I had
originally hired for the job did some time ago. And most likely there was
no asbestos there either.

I just have vinyl tile and am not worried about any exposure issues.

thanks
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