Thursday, November 10, 2011

Found Vinyl Tiles w/ Black Adhesive - What Now?

I ripped out the carpet in my house so that engineered hardwood can be installed. In most of the rooms there was just the concrete slab under the carpet, but in one bedroom under the carpet there were 6" vinyl tiles. I pried off a couple of them, and there was some type of black adhesive. At that point I checked around on the web and saw that both the tiles and the adhesive may contain asbestos. What should I do now?!?!?! Is there a way for me to install engineered wood flooring without paying big bucks to have the vinyl tiles + adhesive scd off by an asbestos removal company? Can I use something to just encapsulate the tiles as they are? My original plan was to apply "Titebond 531 Epoxy Moisture Control System" to the concrete as a moisture retardent, then glue the engineered wood planks right on top. Now I'm not sure what to do!

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