msmith25
June 4, 2016, 8:17pm
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I took this photo of a sample of insulation on my inspection of a 33 year old home today, i was wondering if anyone knows of this insulation. It appears to look like blown in rock wool with the little bits of paper in it. Does it contain any harmful products? Thankyou
msmith25
June 4, 2016, 8:20pm
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Thank you very much Juan, would you happen to know if there any any harmful products?
mcyr
June 4, 2016, 8:51pm
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Everything you need to know about it is here;
The word cellulose comes from the French word cellule, for a living cell, and glucose, which is sugar. Building insulation is low-thermal-conductivity material used to reduce building heat loss and gain, and reduce noise transmission. Cellulose insulation is plant fiber used in wall and roof cavities to insulate, draught proof and reduce free noise.
Cellulose is among the oldest types of building insulation material.[citation needed] Many types of cellulosic materials have been used, including n...
gromicko
June 5, 2016, 1:36am
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Loose-fill mineral wool, often called rockwool. Scroll 2/3rds of the way down this page: https://www.nachi.org/rockwool.htm for more information.
mcyr
June 5, 2016, 10:23am
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He is when you blow up the picture, you can see it better.
mlarson
June 5, 2016, 10:45am
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It looks too fibrous to me to be cellulose.
jjimenez
June 5, 2016, 7:47pm
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You’re totally right. I just went by the description and the thumbnail. It doesn’t look like cellulose at all.
