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    Default Any ideas what type of insulation this is?

    I came across this white fluffy insulation in an attic and was wondering if anyone knew what it is.

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    Default Re: Any ideas what type of insulation this is?

    Looks like cellulose.

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    Default Re: Any ideas what type of insulation this is?

    Looks like blown in fiberglass to me.

    I like the double top plate cut completely in two for those PVC pipes (condensate drains?).

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    Default Re: Any ideas what type of insulation this is?

    If an older home, RockWool.


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    Default Re: Any ideas what type of insulation this is?

    Quote Originally Posted by Joseph Hagarty View Post
    If an older home, RockWool.
    Unless it is an older home with newer insulation.

    Also, all the rockwool I've seen has been darker, grayish-blackish in color.

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    Default Re: Any ideas what type of insulation this is?

    Quote Originally Posted by Jerry Peck View Post
    Looks like blown in fiberglass to me.
    I agree.

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    Default Re: Any ideas what type of insulation this is?

    That definitely looks like the blow in stuff I see in suburban new construction

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    Default Re: Any ideas what type of insulation this is?

    Newer blown in fiberglass.


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    Default Re: Any ideas what type of insulation this is?

    Fiberglass.
    They are now making it fluffy, but it's still fibrous glass. Not cellulose, which is shredded organic, wood or paper based, and certainly not rockwool.

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    Default Re: Any ideas what type of insulation this is?

    Definitely blown Fiberglass! I believe made by Certainteed called Insulsafe. Good stuff and doesn't make you itch like the pink or yellow fiberglass.

    James Bohac

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