Picture of the toothbrush holder missing tile..

Picture of the layers of the bathroom wall beside the medicine cabinet

Forgot to mention, we also have an original cement patio, original cement front porch, and the cinder block foundation walls in the basement... All three in poor condition (I.e. patio cement crumbling, front porch crumbling, back cinder block foundation walls shifting). We have plans for all three repairs until I learned that asbestos was also used in these materials as well so now I don't know if it's safe to repair these items. Help!!!

"The basement is filled with 8x8 vinyl floor tiles"

Asbestos can be absorbed when it becomes "friable", IE. airborn and there are methods to deal with it, which are user friendly.

RE the basement floor;

Both the adhesive and the tile can contain asbestos.
There is a simple method that easily defines what you have.
Remove a portion of or a whole tile exposing the glue. Pour a small quantity of boiling water on the adhesive. If the adhesive bubbles and loosens, IT IS NOT CUTBACK, if it does not, it is, and your option become substantially narrowed.

The probability of your patio and basement walls having asbestos been used as a binder is highly unlikely, given the era of the construction.

The product in the bathroom pictured appears as normal asphalt impregnated water resistant material of that era.

My basement has some acoustical ceiling tiles. I had been slowly pulling them down when, a few weeks ago, it occurred to me that they might contain asbestos. I read online that the older they were, the more likely they were to contain asbestos. I spent $30 to have a small sample tested by Western Analytical Laboratory. The sample tested negative for asbestos, and I consider the money well spent.

Here is a link that might be useful: Western Analytical Laboratory

Out of everything you listed and took pictures of, the basement tiles are likely the only candidates to have asbestos. IMO your best option is to remove by hand only the loose ones and to cover it with flooring of some other type.

Thank you so much for all of your input!!

We have tiles that we know are asbestos because dh found the box they came in with some extra in the cellar, They are a kind of faux marble look. We don't know what we are going to do with that floor eventually, but as long as they aren't falling apart I don't think they are a problem.
Kathy

According to Mesothelioma Resource Online, until the 1980s, asbestos was a major component of all mortar, bricks and concrete blocks and was used in many other building products, including clapboard sidings, roof felt, asphalt shingles, acoustic tiles, vinyl flooring, tiles and mastic.

Exactly the items I was gleefully tearing up for years while renovating homes. Now that I cough like a lifelong smoker, though I never smoked in my life, I wonder too. Too late. Don't take chances. Tomorrow does come.