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insulation; UFFI
OK everyone!
I haven't looked into UFFI in more than 20 years now.....friends of ours are looking at a house that used UFFI as the insulation in 1978........anyone have any uptodate statistics/info/web sources that they would be willing to share? What does everyone think nowadays? Buy or beware? thanks very much everyone in advance Chris --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 8/19/03 |
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On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 19:09:25 -0400, "Steve & Chris Clark"
wrote: OK everyone! I haven't looked into UFFI in more than 20 years now.....friends of ours are looking at a house that used UFFI as the insulation in 1978........anyone have any uptodate statistics/info/web sources that they would be willing to share? What does everyone think nowadays? Buy or beware? thanks very much everyone in advance Chris --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 8/19/03 Brick house? Nice and dry? |
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insulation; UFFI
On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 19:09:25 -0400, "Steve & Chris Clark"
wrote: OK everyone! I haven't looked into UFFI in more than 20 years now.....friends of ours are looking at a house that used UFFI as the insulation in 1978........anyone have any uptodate statistics/info/web sources that they would be willing to share? What does everyone think nowadays? Buy or beware? thanks very much everyone in advance Chris Brick house? Nice and dry? Go for it. Frame house and or damp? Stay away. UFFI was approoved for dry brick buildings, and installed in anything. Problems in the questionable installs gave it a bad name. Another situation where our government got involved without checking its facts properly. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 8/19/03 |
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insulation; UFFI
clare @ snyder.on .ca wrote in message ... On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 19:09:25 -0400, "Steve & Chris Clark" wrote: OK everyone! I haven't looked into UFFI in more than 20 years now.....friends of ours are looking at a house that used UFFI as the insulation in 1978........anyone have any uptodate statistics/info/web sources that they would be willing to share? What does everyone think nowadays? Buy or beware? thanks very much everyone in advance Chris Brick house? Nice and dry? Go for it. Frame house and or damp? Stay away. UFFI was approoved for dry brick buildings, and installed in anything. Problems in the questionable installs gave it a bad name. Another situation where our government got involved without checking its facts properly. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 8/19/03 I thought your earlier post "Brick house? Nice and dry?" was going to point out an oxymoron. (Relative to the cavity behind the outer brick wythe.) The operative words are likely "Nice and dry," regardless of the exterior finish, unless you are quoting a truism in favor of "dry" and against "damp." You certainly are correct, per the government's all-too-recent "recall" of its long standing ban on UFFI. (Without so much as an "oops.") The stuff does turn to dust. But it requires external force or vibration to cause disintergration. Reasonably well applied (rather rare with the all-too-common gypsy installers), the stuff held together until you disturbed its environment. Jim Jim |
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insulation; UFFI
Another situation where our government got involved without checking
its facts properly. Please explain? |
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insulation; UFFI
One would think by this time that off-gassing
would be neglibile or even non-exisitent . On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 19:09:25 -0400, "Steve & Chris Clark" wrote: OK everyone! I haven't looked into UFFI in more than 20 years now.....friends of ours are looking at a house that used UFFI as the insulation in 1978........anyone have any uptodate statistics/info/web sources that they would be willing to share? What does everyone think nowadays? Buy or beware? thanks very much everyone in advance Chris --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 8/19/03 |
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