Asbestos floor tile and mastic removal
Vinyl floor tile, the black mastic under it, and sheet vinyl with a paper backing are common in pre-1990 kitchens, basements and commercial floors.
Risk level
The material sets the risk level
Intact vinyl tile
Removed wet with hand tools: low-risk work.
Sheet vinyl paper backing
Friable. More than 9.3 m² (100 sq ft) is high-risk work.
Mastic residue
Sealed with an encapsulant where needed.
Hand tools only
No grinders or power sanders on asbestos flooring. Low-risk work is done with hand tools only.
Have an asbestos survey?
Send it with your project address. We build an itemized quote from it and tell you the earliest start date the law allows.
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