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 a ...

If you aren't going to remodel, leave vermiculite in place. Add boxes around recessed lighting to provide a buffer. Dear Jerry: I live in a raised ranch, built in 1948 and I have two questions. One, I ...

If a grayish, pebble-like substance lurks silently in the attic of an older home, ignorance on the part of the owner will not work out to be bliss. In some homes built between 1919 and 1990, ...

Winnipeg laboratories have seen a huge increase in the in the number of homeowners who want their insulation tested for asbesto in the wake of a Health Canada warning on vermiculite insulation.

This article was published 12/08/2023 (847 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current. Question: I recently had an insulation contractor come to my home to upgrade my attic insulation ...

Most people know vermiculite as that foam-like mineral that gets mixed into potting soil or poured into attic spaces as lightweight insulating pebbles. Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency ...

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Health Canada is preparing to issue guidelines to Canadians on how to protect themselves from a potentially hazardous form of insulation that some experts say could be in the attics of hundreds of ...