Kentile Vinyl Asbestos Floor Tile

1964 kentile brookstone vinyl asbestos tile floor ad exciting.

Kentile vinyl asbestos floor tile.

Kentile floors flourished under founder arthur kennedy specializing in vinyl asphalt and cork floor tiles. 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. From united states c 16 47 shipping. If the material is in good condition it normally does not pose a threat because the asbestos is enclosed in vinyl preventing the fibers from escaping.

Asbestos in vinyl products becomes dangerous when microscopic fibers of the mineral are released and become airborne. 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. Because floor tiles are not imprinted with brand names look for previous owners documentation or for excess tiles left by the installers. 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. While kentile used asbestos in nearly all of its flooring it was particularly prevalent in vinyl tiles adhesives and asphalt tiles. The tile is kentile vinyl composition tile criterion. The company began as a small brooklyn tile company in 1898.

Kentile s asbestos trust began accepting claims in march 2015 and currently holds 193 million in funds. Kentile floors in brooklyn new york was a neighborhood mainstay for many years with a recognizable neon kentile sign above its flagship factory. 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. However kentile eventually paid the price for their asbestos use.

1956 kenroyal kentile vinyl tile floors ad kitchen capri blue white tweed. Top rated seller top rated seller. The asbestos helped make these tiles extremely durable a quality for which the company was well known. Also see kentile kenflex asbestos floor tile guide.

Asbestos vinyl floor tiles.