Asbestos?

[Leighton Jantz]

Hopefully someone recognizes this tile, it's 12X12, quite stiff, seems very much like the 9X9 asbestos but I'm not sure. It's poorly glued down to a concrete floor of a house built in '71

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[Leighton Jantz]

The 3rd pic shows 1 tile flipped over to show that odd arrow emblem.

[kurt]

Gotta test it to know, but I've found asbestos in tiles looking like that.

[Jim Katen]

The 3rd pic shows 1 tile flipped over to show that odd arrow emblem.

Just so you can file it away for when you need it: The arrow tells the installer which way the pattern goes. When you install the tiles you put the arrows always facing the same way and when you're done it looks the way its supposed to look. Without the arrows, you go cross-eyed trying to figure it out. And if you get one wrong, it looks like a mistake.

[Rob Amaral]

Possible-asbestos-containing tiles did indeed come in 12x12 size...

[Leighton Jantz]

Thanks guys. I knew from previous threads that asbestos tiles came in 12X12, I was just hoping someone would recognize this tile and give me a positive ID. Thanks Jim I suspected that was what the arrows were for, but I thought with the fletching missing on part of the arrow that would help with IDing, as there was no other markings on the bottom of loose tiles.

[John Kogel]

They did not use the black glue, so that is a good thing. Anytime you see black glue, it will be saturated with abestos.

I recognize that pattern as typical 70's ugly. []