Asbestos in Vinyl/lino flooring?

**noideamad** · 24th March 2008, 10:56 PM

I've got ugly vinyl sheeted flooring in my kitchen and laundry which I thought was commonly known as Lino, but I might be wrong. I have pulled up a small amount of the vinyl/lino. It pulls up pretty easy, and appears to be stuck with contact adhesive, or something similar in colour at least. Underneath the lino is masonite board which is stapled to the hardwood floor boards. From the small piece I moved there seems to be a very thin layer of fibery stuff under the masonite. I have no idea what this is, or what it achieves? The house was built in the 50's. No idea if the flooring has been laid later than that or not though. Does it sound like I might be dealing with asbestos in my flooring here?

**Claw Hama** · 24th March 2008, 11:00 PM

Hi noideamad, could it be old fabric, to my knowledge there was asbestos in old skool floor tiles but I didn't know of any in vinyl/lino. Old lino and vinyl did have a fabric back at one stage.

**Burnsy** · 24th March 2008, 11:01 PM

Some early vinyl flooring (usually the old square stuff) actually contained asbestos in it. I have not heard of the fibre layer you are talking about - could be some type of insulation. My advice would be to put some in a zip lock bag and drop it off to a lab that does asbestos testing to be sure. Best to be safe than sorry when it comes to asbestos.

**noideamad** · 24th March 2008, 11:07 PM

this stuff is between the masonite and the floorboards. I cant see what purpose it would have

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