Name that insulation

[Chad Fabry]

It's an organic like hemp or jute woven into mats about an inch thick.

~1927 Tudor/ English cottage wood framed w/ stucco exterior

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[kurt]

I've seen it a number of times. It's usually in 20's tudors; seen it a couple times tacked between rafters in bungalows.

I've always just called it jute.

[Bill Kibbel]

It's an insulation blanket made from flax fibre.

Flaxlinum and Linofelt were popular brands of that era.

[Marc]

How do you do it Bill? Have you ever been stumped by anything at all?

I'd like to meet you one day.

Marc

[Jim Katen]

It's an insulation blanket made from flax fibre.

Flaxlinum and Linofelt were popular brands of that era.

So does that mean that if I smoke it I won't get high?

[Ben H]

It's an insulation blanket made from flax fibre.

Flaxlinum and Linofelt were popular brands of that era.

So does that mean that if I smoke it I won't get high?

I'll bet you'll get some form of a buzz[:-crazy]

[gtblum]

Here's one I found this morning. Felt more like soft cotton than fiberglass. It's not as course as the white glass sound proofing insulation.

Anyone know what flavor this is?

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[Bill Kibbel]

It's Miraflex by Owens Corning. It was discontinued several years ago.

It's made from fiberglass, but the fibers were twisted to make it "cottony soft". It was also encapsulated in a perforated polyethylene jacket.

[Bill Kibbel]

How do you do it Bill? Have you ever been stumped by anything at all?

I might know a lot about very, very little.

[Terence McCann]

It's an insulation blanket made from flax fibre.

Flaxlinum and Linofelt were popular brands of that era.

So does that mean that if I smoke it I won't get high?

You'll be coughing like you were.

Paul is dead, I buried Paul.

[Bill Kibbel]

Here's a spot where the wall insulation was exposed in the house I inspected yesterday.

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[kurt]

What is it? Looks like straw fiber in plaster.

[Bill Kibbel]

Mud and rye straw. Installed exactly 240 years ago.

[Marc]

Whitewashed?

Marc

[Bill Kibbel]

No, no lime - just the light brown color of dried mud from that area of NJ. You can see the formed shape from the clapboards that were removed from that wall.