Asbestos Foam Ceiling Tiles

A suspended ceiling is more likely than other types of ceilings to contain asbestos tiles.

Asbestos foam ceiling tiles. These sound dampening tiles typically use asbestos with amphibole fibres occurring as columnar crystals which includes crocodilite and amosite. Us epa asbestos materials bans. Asbestos widely used as fireproofing in roofs floors ceilings 28 celotex asbestos products 1999.

Our page top photo shows an old acoustic ceiling tile that tests showed did not contain asbestos. The celotex corporation of america introduced an isocyanurate foam ceiling tile 11 not an asbestos containing product. Place the yellow bag into a 6 mil polyethylene bag and seal with duct tape.

Remove tiles cautiously to avoid breakage. How to recognize ceiling tiles by visual inspection to note clear evidence of non asbestos materials such as fiberglass and how to confirm that othe ceiling tiles or suspended ceiling panels are asbestos free by a simple lab test. Once the bags are full seal the bag with duct tape.

Step 4 removing the asbestos ceiling tiles. Fully cover the tile which can take two bags. In ceiling tiles asbestos is most commonly used for reducing the amount of noise that spreads from one room to another.

These types of ceilings are also referred to as dropped ceilings or acoustic ceilings they are created by suspending a framework from the roof or upper floor and inserting ceiling tiles into the open spaces thereby creating a space between the ceiling and upper floor or roof. Place the tiles into an asbestos labeled yellow bag.