Felena_McKlaine
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Hi, thanks for reading. I'd greatly appreciate any advice anyone can give me.
I'm pretty sure the tile floor in my kitchen contains asbestos, mostly based on how old it is. However, it has NOT started breaking up into little pieces or otherwise seeming friable. It's been in mostly good condition for the years I've lived here, so I never worried too much about it. However, a recent plumbing disaster has damaged a section of tiles and they've been lifting and even starting to curl a little bit at the corners. I've had some ideas on what to do about it, but haven't tried anything as I want to make sure what I do will make the floor as safe and functional as I am capable of making it at this time.
I know normally you wouldn't even want to bother repairing an asbestos floor, just have it removed or cover it. This is not currently an option for me. I don't own the house and I don't rent it either- I live here as part of a mutually beneficial agreement between me and the owner. I'm supposed to make repairs as necessary but I'm not allowed to make any major changes. Like putting a new floor over it.
I also don't want to do the thing where you pull the tiles up, scrape the adhesive off and replace the tile- I am not prepared to work with asbestos on that level.
My first idea was to get some kind of extremely durable, sticky, and waterproof tape and just tape over the affected areas. If I did this, does anyone know if I could reasonably resume normal use and cleaning of my kitchen floor, at least temporarily?
I also thought maybe I could do a more, er, shall we say, "simplified" version of the re-gluing the tiles thing, where I just sort of put some glue under where they're coming up, carefully push them back down, and put a little extra grout in between. Then maybe seal the whole floor to hopefully prevent future damage of this type.
Do either of these ideas sound any good, or are they both totally ridiculous? I know usually the aim of floor repair is to keep the floor looking nice, level and last longer...But this floor has not looked nice for a couple decades I'm sure, and due to the house settling for 100 years nothing here is level. And as for a more long lasting solution...well, eventually, one way or another, something permanent is going to have to be done about this floor, whether the owner likes it or not. But for now...what should I do? Is there anything in my ideas that could make installing a nice new floor over it down the road more difficult than it already will be, considering the settling of the house, or anything else? Got any better ideas or tips on how I should go about this?
Again, thank you so much for reading, and thanks for any and all input. Let me know if I've left out some important info and I'll do my best to supply it.
Thank you thank you thank you,
Felena
I'm pretty sure the tile floor in my kitchen contains asbestos, mostly based on how old it is. However, it has NOT started breaking up into little pieces or otherwise seeming friable. It's been in mostly good condition for the years I've lived here, so I never worried too much about it. However, a recent plumbing disaster has damaged a section of tiles and they've been lifting and even starting to curl a little bit at the corners. I've had some ideas on what to do about it, but haven't tried anything as I want to make sure what I do will make the floor as safe and functional as I am capable of making it at this time.
I know normally you wouldn't even want to bother repairing an asbestos floor, just have it removed or cover it. This is not currently an option for me. I don't own the house and I don't rent it either- I live here as part of a mutually beneficial agreement between me and the owner. I'm supposed to make repairs as necessary but I'm not allowed to make any major changes. Like putting a new floor over it.
I also don't want to do the thing where you pull the tiles up, scrape the adhesive off and replace the tile- I am not prepared to work with asbestos on that level.
My first idea was to get some kind of extremely durable, sticky, and waterproof tape and just tape over the affected areas. If I did this, does anyone know if I could reasonably resume normal use and cleaning of my kitchen floor, at least temporarily?
I also thought maybe I could do a more, er, shall we say, "simplified" version of the re-gluing the tiles thing, where I just sort of put some glue under where they're coming up, carefully push them back down, and put a little extra grout in between. Then maybe seal the whole floor to hopefully prevent future damage of this type.
Do either of these ideas sound any good, or are they both totally ridiculous? I know usually the aim of floor repair is to keep the floor looking nice, level and last longer...But this floor has not looked nice for a couple decades I'm sure, and due to the house settling for 100 years nothing here is level. And as for a more long lasting solution...well, eventually, one way or another, something permanent is going to have to be done about this floor, whether the owner likes it or not. But for now...what should I do? Is there anything in my ideas that could make installing a nice new floor over it down the road more difficult than it already will be, considering the settling of the house, or anything else? Got any better ideas or tips on how I should go about this?
Again, thank you so much for reading, and thanks for any and all input. Let me know if I've left out some important info and I'll do my best to supply it.
Thank you thank you thank you,
Felena