Identify Loose Grey Attic Insulation

Check the underside of your roof for a white or gray rough coating.

Identify loose grey attic insulation.

While this type is often still used older insulation may be discolored or torn and is therefore less effective. Visual details help identify loose fill cellulose insulation. Cellulose contains a high percentage of recycled paper and does not contain minerals. As you can see in the photos above it looks like fluffy gray papery material.

Manufacturers of cellulose insulation. This loose lay insulation was in my attic i fell asleep on my couch and a handy man knocked it down all over. If you have loose fill insulation that is gray soft and without a shine it is probably cellulose insulation. Modern cellulose building insulation is basically chopped newsprint usually treated with a fire retardant chemical.

Check the underside of your roof in your attic to see if there is a layer that looks like it was sprayed on. In general it looks like shredded gray paper. If it is white however it may be a newer product. If the insulation is wool like and gray it may be loose fill rockwool.

If you look in your attic and see fibers or lumps of fibers you probably have fiberglass or rockwool no asbestos. Recycled paper no asbestos m if your home was built prior to 1960 and you see see one o those in the attic go up and put you hand in it. Asbestos spray coating was a commonly used way to insulate a roof and sometimes the sides of buildings. Loose lay greyish brown insulation with wood or paper chunks cant tell to scared to touch it also has green and pink red flecks like paper but looking atr iut in operson it looks greyish more so than brown but when i take a picture it looks more brownish in the picture could be the light playing tricks but in real like its a couple more shades greyish brown instead of brownish grey.

If you see a green blue or grey flakes that look somewhat like paper you have cellulose.