Is Sheet Vinyl Ok Over Asbestos Tiles?

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Bought ex-council house and looking at having sheet vinyl quick thick one 4mm in kitchen/entrance hall. I have been informed the old tiles are likely to contain asbestos. I have also been told the asbestos risk in these is very low.

From the pictures, you can see some of the tiles are a right state and need to go. I intend to mop the floor and carefully lift the broken tiles spraying them as I go to keep everything wet. I will also wear throwaway clothes and a PPE3 mask.

Should I get rid of all the tiles in the kitchen or can I leave the ones that still look decent? And will sheet vinyl adhere OK?? (Want to minimise amount of work where possible). There's an area in the kitchen already where a few have been taken up and putting the spirit level across the tile and concrete floor jointly still comes back as level....

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When I have done it, I sealed the existing surface with a polish for thermoplastic tiles. Then laid paperfelt over the tiles to cover any tile shapes from showing through then laid the vinyl loose roughly cut to shape. Allowed a couple of days trimmed and sealed the edges with silicone and a bar in the doorway.
Did it in a rental I had in the kitchen and bathroom also in my current bathroom been fine. In the rental I used self adhesive tiles to make up the low spots, at home a little bit of cement skim. If you have tiny crumbly bits around the edge dribble some PVA into them to seal.
Been fine for years now.
I will try and find the polish I used and post it.
 
https://www.tradepriced.co.uk/paper_felt_rolls.html
This is paperfelt.
Sorry cannot find the name of the polish I used, thought it was from amazon but not showing in my history, however just search for thermoplastic or marley tile polish there are quite a few out there.
I would not advise sticking to those tiles firstly they are hard to glue to well and secondly if your vinyl is damaged it will be a nightmare to get it up with lumps of tile breaking too.
 
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The tiles are easy to remove and no risk unless you intend to crush to a powder and inhale .
 

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