Documents in our library describe Terraflex (Johns-Manville) as “standard gauge 1/16" thick vinyl asbestos floor tile, a resilient flooring ... for your home”.1 They give it as sold from 1947.2,3 They put its asbestos content at 50%.3 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Terraflex (Johns-Manville) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Johns-Manville: Terraflex Vinyl Asbestos Floor Tile (1956)
- Description: “Standard gauge 1/16" thick vinyl asbestos floor tile, a resilient flooring ... for your home”, p. 11
Asbestos Magazine, 1960, November 1960
- Sold from: “Terraflex vinyl asbestos floor tile line which Johns-Manville pioneered in 1947”, said by Johns-Manville, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 202
- Made at: “asphalt and vinyl asbestos floor tile plant at Chillicothe, Ohio, opened October 11, 1960” (at Chillicothe, Ohio), said by Johns-Manville, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 202
Asbestos Magazine, 1950, June 1950
- Sold from: “first introduced in 1948”, said by Johns-Manville, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 423
- Asbestos content: “The high percentage of asbestos fibre (50% by weight)” (as of 1950), said by Johns-Manville, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 423
- Ingredient: “made of vinyl resins and asbestos”, said by Johns-Manville, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 423
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “vinyl plastic asbestos floor tile” (as of 1953), p. 1164
Kind of product
We list Terraflex (Johns-Manville) with floor tile, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Flooring Installers.
Other floor tile by Johns-Manville (13)
Floor tile by other makers (185)
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See also
- Johns-Manville: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Johns-Manville on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources
References
- Johns-Manville: Terraflex Vinyl Asbestos Floor Tile (January 1, 1956), p. 1.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1960, November 1960 (November 1, 1960), p. 20.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1950, June 1950 (June 1, 1950), p. 42.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 116. Not yet published in our library.
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