Q. My house was built in 1973 and has about six inches of granular insulation that I think is vermiculite between floor joists. I am thinking of adding a radiant barrier to the attic, or should I beef ...

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, ...

This article was published 12/08/2023 (968 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 ...

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.

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 ...