Help me ID an old insulation
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Please help me identify what type of insulation I have behind plaster walls in a 1950s era brick ranch. It has rock lath with plaster skim coat.
I am lucky enough to have the original blue prints and the wall section info says….#16 Infra insulation.
The basement walls have #4 junior Infra insulation.
The attic, which has additional fiberglass on top, has foil bags.
All I am trying to determine without cutting into the walls is if this Infra stuff is a variation of the foil bags used in the attic.
All the outlet and switch boxes are plastered in so I can’t take a peek.
Thanks,
Alan
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sorry alan, never heard of it.
what part of the country are you from ?
Mike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
Not familiar with that name but lots of homes back then were done with some nasty rock wool in foil about 1-1/2" thick.