Bitumen Mopped On Floor

Painting over concrete bitumen and adhesive.

Bitumen mopped on floor.

Latex screed over bitumen floor. Attempting to break up materials sanding and aggressive removal techniques can crack and damage asbestos. I live in a council house built around the early fifties. In the past many types of flooring including semi flexible tiles sheeting and wood floors were installed using bitumen based adhesive.

Anyway i m now down to the concrete and there is a layer of bitumen paint. Yes it was only mopped so we could film jean ralphio running around on it. It is also a reasonable waterproofing agent and as a result quite successful as both an adhesive and a moisture barrier. Just a very quick word to the wise bitumen flooring adheisive can contain asbestos it s bound within the bitumen so basic measures are all that is required if you are removing it.

Bitumen isn t a hazardous substance except when in liquid form due to its intense heat but care is required when found as a tile or floor adhesive because it may contain traces of asbestos. Should i go over the floor with another layer of paint to help with possible damp or should i seal with acrylic primer. When removing an existing floor bitumen is easily identified as a black substance. I ve just moved into a 1st floor flat where the concrete floors have a thin coating of black bitumen to which tiles were fitted at.

The other rooms will either be tiled or vinyl flooring so possible slc required as well. The floor in the living room is a bitumen floor and it was in a very. A floor covering having a bitumen composition as a backing layer such as carpet tiles which bitumen composition comprises straight run bitumen and a mixture of high density and low density polyethylene polymers blended and dispersed in the straight run bitumen as a continuous phase in an amount of up to about 10 by weight and which bitumen composition contains a minimum of about 40 by. From your description of the tiles they sound like they could be marley tiles also containining asbestos but again only basic measures required.