On 01 Aug 2005 18:26:41 GMT, Ian Stirling
wrote:

wrote:
Millfold Group came today and laid Fibreglass insulation in my loft =
they said it was Rockwool but later retracted haveing said this. Anyway
the guys came and unrolled the stuff. I went up the ladder to have a
look and touched the insulation and not too long after I felt wheezy
and itching all over my body. My arms and hands were actually read and
feeling very itchy.

Touched it?
Fiberlass will make your body itch.

I think some people are more contact sensitive to it than others. I
can be up to my elbows in it all day with no issues (wearing a mask
etc).

I insulated my loft with the stuff years ago and you can see all the
fibres floating in the air as you move it (so handle it gently /
slowly).

Maybe my immunity may come from spending much of my yoof fiberglassing
(not the *same* stuff I know but also effects some people) real and
model boats.

Nowdays I try to wear gloves etc ..

All the best ..

T i m