Technical Pages
The choices you make about insulating your home deserve some careful attention. After all, you’ll be living with this decision for as long as you own your home!
Blown-in cellulose is a popular alternative to fiberglass insulation. According to insulation specialist, Richard Applegate, cellulose is a natural wood product, and 75 percent of what it's made from is recycled newspaper.
New research from the IARC shows “there is now sufficient evidence that formaldehyde causes nasopharyngeal cancer in humans...”
Demonstrations using transparent plastic "walls" inevitably show the superiority of cellulose in filling existing walls with many fewer gaps and voids than mineral fiber materials.
These recommendations are cost-effective levels of insulation based on the best available information on local fuel material costs and weather conditions.
Applegate Cellulose Insulation is manufactured out of secondary fiber paper stock, boric acid, and ammonium sulfate. Does not contain any hazardous fiberglass, rockwool, or formaldehyde.
This specification provides information relevant to the installation of Applegate cellulose insulation in attics, walls, and floors using pneumatic equipment.
This guide is a general outline of the methods and practices that have been found to result in satisfactory cellulose wall spray installations.
This guide covers typical assembly designs and some of the more common installation methods that can be used to insulate new and existing residential structures.
When the "Energy Crisis" of the 1970's sent homeheating and cooling costs soaring, demand for building insulation rose right along with the prices of oil, gas,and electricity.
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