Q. My house was built in 1973 and has about six inches of granular insulation that I think is vermiculite between floor joists. I am thinking of adding a radiant barrier to the attic, or should I beef ...

My house was built in 1973 and has about 6 inches of granular insulation that I think is vermiculite between floor joists. I am thinking of adding a radiant barrier to the attic, or should I beef up ...

If a grayish, pebble-like substance lurks silently in the attic of an older home, ignorance on the part of the owner will not work out to be bliss. In some homes built between 1919 and 1990, ...

Schools in Park City were closed Tuesday after contractors working to remove a portion of the school’s roof that had not ...

(Columbia) May 27, 2003 - If the brownish-gray granules of vermiculite insulation are in your home, Steve Johnson of the Environmental Protection Agency has these words of advice, "Do not disturb. Do ...

Most people know vermiculite as that foam-like mineral that gets mixed into potting soil or poured into attic spaces as lightweight insulating pebbles. Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency ...

PARK CITY - Park City Schools closed early for the holidays after a "suspicious material" was found by a contractor. According to a statement from Superintendent Dave Whitesell, the contractor was ...

1923 - The year that commercial mining of vermiculite began near Libby. The mine closed in 1990. 794 - Number of homes in Libby that have been cleaned in recent years, but at least 600 more homes ...