Asbestos tiles—how to deal?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have asbestos tiles in the basement of our 1950s brick rambler. The previous owners had carpeted the basement just before selling. We pulled up the carpet a few years later and covered the tile with self-level cement a few years later in the finished area. The original asbestos tile was still visible in the unfinished part of the basement but nothing was broken.
We are now prepping our home for sale and the entire basement floor has been covered with LVP.

Thank you. I’ll google what LVP is.

Did you have to hire an abatement company in addition to the installers?

Fake wood vinyl floor. Also toxic

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have asbestos tiles in the basement of our 1950s brick rambler. The previous owners had carpeted the basement just before selling. We pulled up the carpet a few years later and covered the tile with self-level cement a few years later in the finished area. The original asbestos tile was still visible in the unfinished part of the basement but nothing was broken.
We are now prepping our home for sale and the entire basement floor has been covered with LVP.

Thank you. I’ll google what LVP is.

Did you have to hire an abatement company in addition to the installers?

It sounds like they just used adhesive or peel and stick modern vinyl floor right on top

[Anonymous]

I posted uptrend about having vinyl planks installed-- this was LVP and the contractor did use self leveling compound first.

[Anonymous]

LVP= luxury vinyl plank - which often is in, as PP said, a fake wood pattern, but can be other designs as well.

[Anonymous]

I would not put LVP in. Tile is much better and better for resale; also non toxic. LVP manufacturers claim it’s not toxic but that’s not the nature of vinyl

[Anonymous]

I’m sorry to say this is great marketing b/c there’s nothing luxury about LVP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have asbestos tiles in the basement of our 1950s brick rambler. The previous owners had carpeted the basement just before selling. We pulled up the carpet a few years later and covered the tile with self-level cement a few years later in the finished area. The original asbestos tile was still visible in the unfinished part of the basement but nothing was broken.
We are now prepping our home for sale and the entire basement floor has been covered with LVP.

Thank you. I’ll google what LVP is.

Did you have to hire an abatement company in addition to the installers?

No.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would not put LVP in. Tile is much better and better for resale; also non toxic. LVP manufacturers claim it’s not toxic but that’s not the nature of vinyl

We are going to open houses in the 1-1.5M range and everyone has either LVP or carpet if the basement is finished. Almost no one has new tile and the homes are selling like hotcakes. No need to spend more than you have to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have asbestos tiles in the basement of our 1950s brick rambler. The previous owners had carpeted the basement just before selling. We pulled up the carpet a few years later and covered the tile with self-level cement a few years later in the finished area. The original asbestos tile was still visible in the unfinished part of the basement but nothing was broken.
We are now prepping our home for sale and the entire basement floor has been covered with LVP.

Thank you. I’ll google what LVP is.

Did you have to hire an abatement company in addition to the installers?

Fake wood vinyl floor. Also toxic

Are you planning to eat the floor?

[Anonymous]

Yeah that’s how toxic works. It’s an endocrine disrupter and you can just touch it or breathe in

[Anonymous]

Don’t use LVP to cover up asbestos or for anything really. Even cheaper tile is superior.

https://www.fastcompany.com/90855194/the-dirty-truth-about-your-fake-wood-floors

The flooring is one example of a product that uses PVC, plastic made from vinyl chloride, the toxic chemical that burned in a plume of smoke over East Palestine, Ohio, earlier this month when a train derailed. Potential accidents are only one challenge. PVC products are dangerous to make, both for workers and communities nearby. They can potentially be dangerous to use because of additives. When they’re thrown out, that can lead to more pollution. And products like vinyl flooring keep growing, despite the fact that safer alternatives exist.

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And living with the final product isn’t necessarily risk-free. Perkins & Will, the architecture firm, noted in one report that some additives like plasticizers don’t bind tightly to PVC, so they can eventually end up in household dust that you breathe, or could be directly absorbed through bare feet. If PVC products burn in a fire, the chemicals in the smoke can cause permanent respiratory disease.