Hi,
I recently bought a home, built in 1997. The kitchen floor tiles were all cracked due to the previous owners being a bit heavy handed when they moved out.
I've started to pull up the tiles (ceramic?) And under a few of them I've found some black residue that I initially thought was mold. Having searched I've seen varying answers such as mold, mastic and mastic with asbestos, but I'm really not sure what it is so I don't know how careful I should be.
I've scrubbed the stuff with water, youll see a before and after picture below. Found more today under another tile so I wanted to query it.
Can anybody provide some insight? I have a pregnant wife and as this is in the kitchen (currently covered over with plastic covering) I don't want to risk anything.
Appreciate any help I can get!
As I found it
https://www.dropbox.com/s/g0u8yhbr8j8xlbs/20150426_141130.jpg?dl=0
After cleaning it up
https://www.dropbox.com/s/72gd2qmtj5wvoxi/20150503_131345.jpg?dl=0
I recently bought a home, built in 1997. The kitchen floor tiles were all cracked due to the previous owners being a bit heavy handed when they moved out.
I've started to pull up the tiles (ceramic?) And under a few of them I've found some black residue that I initially thought was mold. Having searched I've seen varying answers such as mold, mastic and mastic with asbestos, but I'm really not sure what it is so I don't know how careful I should be.
I've scrubbed the stuff with water, youll see a before and after picture below. Found more today under another tile so I wanted to query it.
Can anybody provide some insight? I have a pregnant wife and as this is in the kitchen (currently covered over with plastic covering) I don't want to risk anything.
Appreciate any help I can get!
As I found it
https://www.dropbox.com/s/g0u8yhbr8j8xlbs/20150426_141130.jpg?dl=0
After cleaning it up
https://www.dropbox.com/s/72gd2qmtj5wvoxi/20150503_131345.jpg?dl=0
