Identifying Insulation
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I worked for rolloff dumpster company last year and i remeber we demolished this old log cabin community center….i was doing some thinking the other day I wqs wondering what it was insulated with…i remeber it beeing great and fluffy and blowing everywhere but I do have a picture although I know it’s hard to make out inwas just wondering if anyone had any ideas
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Looks like blown insulation of some sort, I would guess cellulose or dirty fiberglass but it’s really hard to tell from that pic. Do you have closeup of the stuff?
Bill
No i don't i just remeber that it wqs grey and fluffy it was last year
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I remeber when I tarped the box the stuff was relly fluffy like cotton
I'm curious why your interested in knowing the type of insulation in the demolition?
Are you concerned about asbestos exposure?
I was in the back of my mind I was thinking yesterday if there was anything I ever hauled that would have put me at risk and this was the only thing I kinda wondered about...i remeber tarping the loads and the stuff was like grey cotton candy almost like mouse nests...i know the history of the building Vaugly...was built in the 30s as a cabin but was renovated in the late 50s and early 90s the stuff didn't look like vermiculite it was relly fluffy
That sounds more like blown fiberglass. Blown cellulose tends to pack and clump together with a consistency a bit like mashed up cardboard egg cartons. Blown fiberglass tends to be more fluffy and light/loose.
I’m not aware of raw asbestos being used use as blown insulation, and I’ve never seen it used that way. Asbestos used as insulation was usually in pipe wraps, some kinds of tile, and other somewhat rigid materials. The insulation was usually pretty bright white when first exposed, but over time it would get dirty and take on a bit of a grayish-White appearance.
If you’re having some kind of health issue, you’d really need to have a sample of the insulation tested by a lab. There is no way to be absolutely certain from a picture, and the picture you sent isn’t really clear enough to say anything for certain.
Bill