Removing Carpet Tack Strips From Asbestos Tile

I m currently removing old carpet in my dinning room and kitchen and found that i have asbestos tile underneath.

Removing carpet tack strips from asbestos tile.

The tack strip is nailed into the tiles and then the concrete floor underneath. If the carpet glue is negative for asbestos but floor tile and or mastic are positive conduct a test pull to determine the likelihood of the floor tile remaining intact or being disturbed during the actual carpet removal. You would have to grind it up pretty well to release any of the asbestos into the air. Equipment for safe asbestos flooring removal includes.

How to remove vinyl asbestos tiles nailed tack strips flooring source. If the tile is already broken up you might have some small room for concern but i wouldn t worry about it. The home was built in 1960. Asbestos exposure and asbestos tile removal did i screw up and what.

Plastic sheets to seal off the work area. How can we remove the tacking strips and cover the floor to convert this room back to the original garage. As the tiles break up the asbestos works its way in to the carpet and your home. Simply removing the carpet and tack strips isn t going to do that.

Some of the tiles are broken near the tacking strips. The project by ripping out all the old carpet and padding at which time i noticed there was vinyl tile underneath the carpet. Asbestos worried about exposure nbsp. I d like to either a find a safe solution to remove the nails that won t put a bunch of asbestos dust into the air or b hammer the concrete nails completely into the floor.

When trying to carefully remove the tack strips the tile kept breaking. This room was converted into a family room at some point. Asbestos tile under carpet. Removing carpet tack strip from tile floor w o damaging tiles.

Before you remove asbestos flooring yourself you must check the state and city regulations for asbestos removal and disposal. There is a carpet tack strip nailed into the tiles around the border of the room. The asbestos in the tile is pretty well encapsulated. I m concerned about possible asbestos.

My plan was to just leave the tile and install the floating. I don t want to remove the tile but have to remove the padding and adhesive from the old carpet that was on top of the tile.