Unfamiliar insulation

[Michael Quinn]

I recently was in a 60's home and found a white insulation called Dacotherm with white small pellets in the ceiling joists. There were still a few bags up in the attic. Not sure if this is a problem. It looks like perlite, and the bag said it contained silica...

[Gary Burnett]

Barry Adair posted this back in 2012. The name of the thread was Dacotherm Insulation but I didn't get it to show up in the thread search.
Maybe this will help.

Popular Mechanics - Google Books
3 cites in this issue

https://books.google.com/books?id=ldgDAAAAMBAJ&q=dacotherm#v=onepage&q=dacotherm&f=true

Made by Diamond Shamrock. No mention of asbestos but there are sure a lot of cigarette ads if you look through the book and also some great self employment ideas where you can make $8 to $12.50 per hour and even $22,500 a year!

[Jerry Peck]

Barry Adair posted this back in 2012. The name of the thread was Dacotherm Insulation but I didn't get it to show up in the thread search.

http://www.inspectionnews.net/home_inspection/attic-areas-home-inspection-and-commercial-inspection/31089-dacotherm-insulation.html?highlight=Dacotherm