Kentile Vinyl Asbestos Floor Tile

Asbestos vinyl floor tiles.

Kentile vinyl asbestos floor tile.

Also see kentile kenflex asbestos floor tile guide. Kentile floors flourished under founder arthur kennedy specializing in vinyl asphalt and cork floor tiles. Kentile floors in brooklyn new york was a neighborhood mainstay for many years with a recognizable neon kentile sign above its flagship factory. Armstrong congoleum nairn ever wear kentile kenflex montgomery ward and sears roebuck are some of the brand names of vinyl tile from that period that might contain asbestos.

1956 kenroyal kentile vinyl tile floors ad kitchen capri blue white tweed. I have a kitchen floor of 12 x 12 kentile vinyl tiles some of which are damaged and some of which we plan to take up. From united states c 16 47 shipping. While kentile used asbestos in nearly all of its flooring it was particularly prevalent in vinyl tiles adhesives and asphalt tiles.

Asbestos in vinyl products becomes dangerous when microscopic fibers of the mineral are released and become airborne. Kentile s asbestos trust began accepting claims in march 2015 and currently holds 193 million in funds. Top rated seller top rated seller. The floor was laid in 1986.

Kentile floors was founded in 1898 by arthur kennedy in brooklyn new york the company produced large durable vinyl cork and rubber floor tiles many of which incorporated up to 25 asbestos. Criterion solids kentile vinyl composition tile from 1986. The kentile flooring idenfication photos and pattern examples shown here are culled from magazine advertisements and kentile flooring catalogs from the 1950 s. The tile is kentile vinyl composition tile criterion.

1964 kentile brookstone vinyl asbestos tile floor ad exciting. 2 o u f 0 s p o n s 4 g o r w e n d a a. The company began as a small brooklyn tile company in 1898. The asbestos helped make these tiles extremely durable a quality for which the company was well known.

If the floor tile is thicker than 1 16 particularly 1 8 or more we suspect you re looking at an asphalt based tile rather than a later vinyl asbestos floor tile.