The vinyl-asbestos tile (VAT) you installed way back used asbestos as a matrix into which the vinyl was forced as a binder and a surface upon which to add the colors and designs.

Most tile sells for $5 to $15 per square foot, but you can spend as little as $3 or more than $50. If you have to install a backer board, add $2 per square foot to the cost of the tile.

A renovation project at Ormond Beach Memorial Hospital has uncovered asbestos floor tiles, forcing administrators to spend an extra $100,000 to get rid of them.Clark Christianson, hospital ...

The new synthetic surface will be laid over the existing gym floor, which he described as an asbestos vinyl composition tile surface. “We’re being proactive with the floor,” he said.