Asbestos may have been used in the ceiling tile tiles and in lay in ceiling tiles in suspended ceilings in the tile body or in paper facing or backing on the ceiling tiles.
Mineral fiber ceiling tile asbestos.
Mineral fiber ceiling tiles acoustic mineral fiber tiles.
Asbestos was also a common ingredient in some mastic adhesives used for glue up application of ceiling tiles.
Our company receives calls on a daily basis from people frantically looking for acoustic mineral fiber tiles to match those they are replacing due to water damage.
æ s ˈ b ɛ s t ə s or æ s ˈ b ɛ s t ɒ s is a term used to refer to six naturally occurring silicate minerals all are composed of long and thin fibrous crystals each fibre being composed of many microscopic fibrils that can be released into the atmosphere by abrasion and other processes.
Asbestos is a mineral fiber that occurs in rock and soil.
Asbestos is an excellent electrical insulator and is highly heat.
Our page top photo shows an old acoustic ceiling tile that tests showed did not contain asbestos.
There are a lot of good things you can say about mineral fiber tiles but longevity just isn t one of them.