Chad Fabry Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 It's an organic like hemp or jute woven into mats about an inch thick. ~1927 Tudor/ English cottage wood framed w/ stucco exterior Click to Enlarge 57.46 KB Click to Enlarge 65.35 KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 It's an insulation blanket made from flax fibre. Flaxlinum and Linofelt were popular brands of that era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 How do you do it Bill? Have you ever been stumped by anything at all? I'd like to meet you one day. Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben H Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 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] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtblum Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 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? Click to Enlarge 29.06 KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 How do you do it Bill? Have you ever been stumped by anything at all? I might know a lot about very, very little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terence McCann Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 Here's a spot where the wall insulation was exposed in the house I inspected yesterday. Click to Enlarge 46.2 KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 What is it? Looks like straw fiber in plaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 Mud and rye straw. Installed exactly 240 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 Whitewashed? Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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