Removing old attic insulation can improve your home's energy efficiency and air quality, but it’s not a task to jump into unprepared. From dealing with potentially hazardous materials to getting a ...

Last month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a pamphlet informing homeowners about the potential dangers associated with a type of home insulation that might be contaminated with ...

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 ...

My house was built in 1973 and has about 6 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 up ...

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, ...

Health Canada is preparing to issue guidelines to Canadians on how to protect themselves from a potentially hazardous form of insulation that some experts say could be in the attics of hundreds of ...

Testing has confirmed that the substance found inside the Cayuga County Office Building last week is vermiculite, a mineral used in insulation that could contain asbestos. Cayuga County Manager Steve ...

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 ...