Flooring Over Black Mastic

It was suggested by a flooring specialist that the tile may have been glued down with black mastic due to the age of our home 1965.

Flooring over black mastic.

Existing adhesives must be left so that no ridges or puddles are evident and what remains is a thin smooth film. Asbestos mastic will also always be black in color. Hello i removed old vinyl tiles in my basement. Whenever we find black mastic on a floor we coat it with a material called perfectprimer it sticks tot the mastic and then bonds to any tile glue or epoxy customer wants to apply.

I have received estimates for the mastic removal of 1000 to 2500. If the existing floor covering in a bad shape it must be removed before installing new flooring. However the substance isn t sticky like other posters are. Common in homes built in the 20th century black mastic was used as an adhesive for ceramic tile linoleum and other flooring materials.

Possible signs of asbestos mastic include discoloration and an oily texture. Below are some recommendations for installing different categories of flooring over cutback adhesive. If your building was built before 1980 mastic mixed with asbestos may have been used to seal your tiles to the floor. Mastic is a type of glue used to adhere tiles and vinyl flooring to the subfloor.

Asphalt based cutback adhesive remaining on a concrete floor after removing old vinyl tile and other flooring represents one of the most difficult and risky subfloors for the installation of new flooring. When you remove that floor covering to make way for new flooring you may encounter the mastic and wonder whether it is safe to remove the main concern surrounding this question is that black mastic often contains asbestos. New flooring over old mastic. I am left with the old black mastic on my cement floors and wood stairs leading down into basement.

The entire floor in completely covered. I have had a few estimates on removal and i get different opinions from them. Armstrong vct adhesives may go directly over cutback adhesive. I am tiling mosaic and small pieces over what once was a concrete basement floor which on occasion in my city with all the rain can get flooded what was there when i bought the house 2 years ago was an asbestos linoleum 1 square very thin tile over a thin black mastic.

There is no concrete exposed.