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   Harborman | May 08, 2002 03:54am | #1

   Drewski:  I would have to agree with you.  Back in the early 60's we used a lot of Zonolite .  Good Day my Man.

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   stonewood1 | May 08, 2002 04:51am | #2

   Is this something a licensed asbestos removal company has to be called in to remove.

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   NPitz | May 08, 2002 06:12am | #3

   Try searching on Google or another search engine under "vermiculite". I looked at a house that also had this type of insulation, and a brief search of the Internet turned up lots of data. The gist of it is that something like 85% of the vermiculite sold by W.R. Grace came from one mine that was contaminated with asbestos, and a particularly nasty form of asbestos at that. I ended up not getting the job, but there is no question that I would have had an asbestos abatement contractor deal with it.

   
   

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   Edited 5/7/2002 11:16:46 PM ET by Nick Pitz

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   PhillGiles | May 08, 2002 06:21am | #4

   Yep, asbestos

   http://www.lieffcabraser.com/zonolite.htm

   http://www.scn.org/~bh162/insulation.html

   .

   Phill Giles

   The Unionville Woodwright

   Unionville, Ontario

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   stonewood1 | May 08, 2002 03:54pm | #5

   Thanks for the web site addresses.Now off to break the bad news to the homeowner.