Comments on: Retro flooring — great reference samples

By: Femme1

Femme1 — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:26:33 +0000

I’ve read that all tiles made before 1981 contain asbestos. The only real danger in having these tiles in your home is if you break them up trying to remove them. Then asbestos fibers can get into the air. Also…if you do have them in your home, you should keep them waxed or sealed. If you have something like a desk chair with rollers on it that constantly wear down the tile, the tile can degrade and minute amounts of asbestos will be in the dust and in the air. (The reason I know this is because the old academic building I work in has these tiles, and we have to get them waxed at least once a year and use a floor mat to keep our office chairs from eating into the tile and releasing asbestos.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:31:20 +0000

These are beautiful. But they look a lot like the asbestos-tile floor we had to remove from our 1950 home, which we replaced with a Mannington VCT checkerboard floor. Are these tiles asbestos-free?

By: DeeJay

DeeJay — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:12:04 +0000

Call me kooky but I’m kind of liking the whole patchwork look of all sample pictures. Especially the first two. If you have an area where it is possible to use this type of pattern…why not?

Too tacky?

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:07:08 +0000

OMG, which one did you get? I’m drooling over A and E.

By: 50sPam

50sPam — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:25:50 +0000

Hi Ronn. It’s nice to hear from you. I need to scan my actual samples and put them into a post. They are SO BEAUTIFUL!

By: Ronn

Ronn — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:20:48 +0000

Hi,

I was lucky enough to find an entire 2-color batch at a Goodwill once, and they went down in my kitchen! I learned that they cannot be layered over other vinyls, etc., so a fresh topping of plywood was required.

Ronn at FUTURES Antiques