Finding Former Glory
Armstrong Resilient Vinyl Plank & Tile Flooring offers authentic visuals and your choice of a smooth or embossed surface texture. This article provides a guide to identifying asphalt-asbestos flooring (1917 – ca 1960) & vinyl asbestos floor tile (ca 1952 – 1986): identification photographs, product names, styles, colors, and vinyl-asbestos floor patterns, and colors for asbestos-containing floor tile products made between about 1930 and 1986 – flooring materials that are reported to or have been confirmed to contain asbestos in asbestos fiber or asbestos powder-filler form.
I decided that natural products (i.e. tile or wood) are the only flooring options for our family. Armstrong luxury vinyl tile offers different-sized squares, is sold in plank shapes to replicate the look of hardwood flooring, and features MasterWorks Technology for stunningly realistic-looking floor designs. Our photos show examples of some of the diecut flooring inserts from the 1950’s; I’m not sure what other …