broken floor tiles in basement and sunroom (water heater, cleaner, room)
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Not to sound testy but when you find any water based adhesive that will stick to an oil based anything, let me know. I can make a fortune with it. The black MUST come off if you expect a water based adhesive to work. This has been an issue in the flooring business for a lot of years. We grind the floors and skip all the BS about use this or that crapola. It's been a waste of time. No, you cannot reuse the black adhesive. Once the current floor comes up, the black has to come up too.
The difficulty is no company can remove the black mastic in our area. Some people mentioned that thinset/ceramic tiles can be installed on the old black mastic without any problem for many years (so far so good).
Have it tested for asbestos. If it does not contain asbestos, there are numerous mastic removers contractors can use to remove it. There is nothing complicated about it.
Not to sound testy but when you find any water based adhesive that will stick to an oil based anything, let me know. I can make a fortune with it. The black MUST come off if you expect a water based adhesive to work. This has been an issue in the flooring business for a lot of years. We grind the floors and skip all the BS about use this or that crapola. It's been a waste of time. No, you cannot reuse the black adhesive. Once the current floor comes up, the black has to come up too.
You are correct. The black mastic is removed with the aid of power scrubbers (buffers), and mastic removers. Then the mastic remover itself must be cleaned (scrubbed and wet-vacuumed). If the black mastic contains asbestos, then the asbestos-removal company takes care of it.
That said, a lot of the laws relating to asbestos removal do not pertain to home owners doing the work themselves.
I’d have a professional flooring company dealing mainly with tile to remove and replace it. This is not a job that most DIYer can deal with. The old tile “may” contain asbestos that will need to be properly removed and discarded. Also this job should be done at a time of year when the weather is ok to have the basement well ventilated because of toxic fumes that might be needed for the removal of the adhesive left on the floor.
If these tiles are not removed, is it dangerous when someone step on it which the broken sections grind each other and release asbestos particles?
Have it tested for asbestos. If it does not contain asbestos, there are numerous mastic removers contractors can use to remove it. There is nothing complicated about it.
It is said that "9x9 floor tiles always contain asbestos."
Not to sound testy but when you find any water based adhesive that will stick to an oil based anything, let me know. I can make a fortune with it. The black MUST come off if you expect a water based adhesive to work. This has been an issue in the flooring business for a lot of years. We grind the floors and skip all the BS about use this or that crapola. It's been a waste of time. No, you cannot reuse the black adhesive. Once the current floor comes up, the black has to come up too.
Because it is very difficult to (find a asbestos abatement company to) remove the asbestos mastic, can the new vinyl floor tiles with new mastic be directly installed on the old asbestos??
Your city should have a plan in place for disposal. I would contact them.
There is no any problem for disposal by a contractor of Asbestos Abatement. The problems are:
1. No contractor can remove the asbestos mastic even for just changing the broken tiles
2. Then new mastic/vinyl tiles cannot be installed on the old asbestos mastic.
3. There is no way to put a new layer of tiles on the old broken tiles
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