Posts Tagged ‘asbestos’
New Vinyl Flooring
We just vinyl tiled our dining and kitchen floor area Yipee!!! I decided to replace our linoleum flooring for it was already worn out. I bought an asbestos-free vynil tiles to prevent asbestos mesothelioma even though is a bit higher than the old product vinyl which contains asbestos. It’s easy to do the tiling so I decided not to hire people to do it for me, instead I just asked my Gina (househelp) and Raniel (her brother) to help me do the tiling.We were able to use 250 pcs. of vinyl and 2 gallons of rugby. We only used ordinary rugby and not the special adhesive for vinyl because it’s a lot cheaper. Well I know it will last long for I proved it in our house in Marikina. It amounted to P5,000.00 or around $125. I just hope these vinyls will last long. 
Asbestos in Our Home
Have you ever heard of asbestos and it’s harm to human? Asbestos is a mineral fiber that if you often inhaled it, you may have a lung cancer, Mesothelioma cancer and asbestosis. In the past, asbestos was added to a variety of product to strengthen them and to provide heat insulation and fire resistance.
It can be found in our own home especially if your house was build in the 70′s era. The common products which contains asbestos are the back of a vynil sheet flooring, door gaskets, decorative materials, wall and floors around woodburning stoves, hot water and steam pipes in older houses, etc…
Better to know which product in our home contains asbestos and try to stay away from it.
