Celotex Acoustical Ceiling Tile Asbestos

Asbestos fibers were used in some acoustic asbestos ceiling tiles often amphibole asbestos such as amosite crocidolite anthrophylite tremolite and actinolite with amosite among the most commonly found.

Celotex acoustical ceiling tile asbestos.

How to identify non asbestos acoustic ceiling tiles by lab test. The celotex asbestos settlement trust contains an about 2 46 million to compensate victims. Modern ceiling products do not contain asbestos. We specialize in commercial suspended ceilings.

These ceiling tiles might be an asbestos containing material. We are located in the whittier california area. Asbestos litigation forced the company into bankruptcy in 1990. Celotex manufactured asbestos insulation and construction materials from the 1920s to the 1980s and it operated an asbestos mine until 1986.

The celotex ceiling products division was sold to certainteed saint gobain beginning in 1999. Celotex acoustical ceiling panels celotx ceiling tiles. We expected to find multiple layers of ceilings in this pre 1900 home some of which were likely to make use of 1960 s era acoustic ceiling tiles like the ones in our photo. Celotex brand ceiling tiles confirmation of asbestos use dates pending ed asbestos was used in some celotex products and or may appear in some celotex products such as cellulose based insulating board depending on when and where the product was manufactured.

Keep in mind that celotex and other insulating board panel and ceiling tile and panel manufacturers produced a range of products many of which may contain asbestos but others made of organic fibers wood fibers cane fibers may not contain asbestos.