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Carpet Underlay Asbestos

carpet underlay asbestos
removing and installing carpet over vinyl and asbestos tile?

I have an older home and have bought carpet and underlay that will be installed. I am to remove the old carpet. Can I have the carpet installed over the vinyl/asbestos tile? Do I have to be careful not to break the tile? Can the tile be removed and disposed of legally?

Asbestos is only dangerous when it is exposed. If your carpet is removed, new underlayment put over the vinyl tile and new carpet installed over the new underlayment, then you won’t have a problem. The vinyl is encapsulating the asbestos, so as long as you don’t disturb it and you cover it with new underlayment you don’t have an asbestos abatement problem.


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