Asbestos is safe when left alone but can be extremely hazardous if disturbed and kicked into the air.
Disturbed insulation in attic.
This situation is referred to as disturbed insulation and it often results in gaps and holes that can significantly affect your home s energy efficiency.
Similarly vermiculite was used as insulation in many attics into the 1990s.
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Vermiculite was a common attic insulation product sold from the late 1920s to the early 1990s.
Unfortunately almost all vermiculite insulation contains asbestos and is unsafe when disturbed.
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People can be affected by fiberglass when they come into contact with it either during the manufacturing process or when it is being used in a building.
R value simply means resistance to heat flow.
Although not hazardous on its own most vermiculite was sourced from a mine contaminated by asbestos.
Fiberglass insulation or glass wool is a man made vitreous fiber.
Simple thermal analysis reveals that if you have 5 missing insulation in an attic bare sheetrock you ll have a slightly more than a 54 drop in r value.
It is made by pulling strands of glass into thin fibers.
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