Asbestos was once added to home insulation because it was strong and fireproof. This type of insulation was then used for insulating walls, floors, pipes, ductwork, and beams. In the early 1970s ...

Removing old attic insulation can improve your home's energy efficiency and air quality, but it’s not a task to jump into unprepared. From dealing with potentially hazardous materials to getting ...

Question: The home inspector who checked my house noted in his report that the attic insulation is about 6 inches thick. But he didn't mention whether it's made of fiberglass, asbestos or cellulite.

A: You raise a number of issues, so let’s take them in order: 1) The sellers may or may not have known about the asbestos duct insulation, depending on whether someone told them about it.

Flores had bought the 100-year-old Ottawa, Illinois, home with plans to turn it into a vacation rental near Starved Rock ...

A. Asbestos insulation in attics is highly unusual because most attics are insulated with various forms of fiberglass or cellulose. The rare exception is vermiculite, a shiny, pebble-shaped ...

In many older homes, you will find vermiculite insulation in the attic, which looks like little cubes. These cubes contain asbestos; do not disturb them.

Attic insulation types differ in advantages Published: Oct. 30, 2007, 2:50 a.m.

Schlichtmann wants W. R. Grace to pay the cost of removing the asbestos-tained insulation from homes nationwide, about $5,000 per home. "They can do it, they should do it," he said.

Professional asbestos-removal firms can be expensive, but there is a way to help reduce the bill. The Zonolite Attic Insulation Trust was set up in 2014 by W.R. Grace, the company that has owned ...

Question — We have an early 1960s bungalow that was moved to our farm near Winnipeg in 1991. At the time, it had only three inches of insulation between the attic rafters, so we had a local comp ...