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Questions tagged [fiberglass]

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was in attic for an hour without mask. could this cause issue?

my bathroom fan was dropping water so i went up to the attic and applied fiberglass insulation to the bare metal vent pipt from the fan out to the roof. i was up in the attic for an hour wearing short sleeve t-shirts and no mask. When i came down, i…
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Is there an approved way of fixing a cracked Fiberglass Tub/Shower?

I noticed a crack in the bottom of my tub, and noticed that it flexed when I stepped near it. I called in 2 companies to give me an estimate on repair. The first, proposed a more or less straightforward fiberglass repair: laying down a new full…
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Can fiber-optic data cable be run overhead to a garage?

I want to run internet from my main house to garage located few meters away. I plan to use fiber instead of cat5 to avoid reported problems of blowing out network switches. I could have made a trench and placed fiber inside a conduit, however any…
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Should I insulate between my basement and main living floor?

I'm in my first winter in a ~140 year old home and attempting to improve efficiency / comfort. The home has a concrete basement (originally sandstone foundation) which is conditioned space, but in practical terms the ceiling is too low for it to be…
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What's my health situation like living in an exposed fiberglass insulation for 2 weeks

My attic floor is covered with fiberglass insulation. I go to the attic very often. Sorting out winter/summer clothes. Or I go up to search for stuff as my attic is a short term storage. 2 weeks ago, we had water damage up in the attic which…
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Wrapping fibreglass/ rock wool to seal in fibres in acoustic panels (bass traps)

I'm Making acoustic panels to treat my home studio and plan to use mineral wool or fibreglass insulation to do so. Likely Owen's Corning 703 or something marketed as safe insulation like Bradford Sound Soundscreen or Roxul Safe n' Sound. Regardless…
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Using 10 1/4 inch fiberglass insulation in a 6 inch space?

I need to insulate under a floor that has hydronic radiant heat. I am going to use fiberglass batts between the joists of the floor, with the kraft vapor barrier upward (toward the warmer area). The area under the joists is an unvented crawl…
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How can I waterproof an exposed porch with a basement room underneath?

I am replacing a front porch, it currently is an elevated porch with your typical dirt and debris underneath, and it is an open porch. I intend to excavate a new basement room underneath it, cutting a hole in the current exterior basement wall to…
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Is this fiberglass insulation?

I'm having a difficult identifying the type of insulation behind a section of drywall. The home was built in North America around the 1940s. It's undergone several rounds of renovation projects and there's evidence of building materials from the…
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Ceiling fiberglass getting yellow because of bad primer?

We started to prepare an old reinforced concrete ceiling of a panel building for painting. We cleaned off several layers of very old soviet wallpapers, glue, paint, putty and other stuff. Then we applied primer, then putty, primer again and then…
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Do I need to paint exterior fiberglass porch columns?

The vendor said I needed to prime and paint them. If I like the bare colour of them as they are now, I'm hoping I can just keep it as-is. Is there a reason that I would need to prime and paint them? Will the elements, or something else, damage them…
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Ok to add cellulose over blown fiberglass insulation?

I have an attic with blown in fiberglass insulation, probably original and 27 years old. The attic appears to have had some moisture issues in the past (bathroom vents being vented out of the soffit vents, which have been corrected) and the…
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Stripping paint off fiberglass?

I'd recently acquired a fibreglass recurve bow, with a horrid (in contrast, at least!) pink identification on the handle in what I presume is paint: I swapped it in isopropyl alcohol for a bit, nothing. Sat it dabbed in acetone for some time…
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Can I install batts under rafters in partially obstructed knee wall space?

I have an unconditioned knee wall space. I wish to condition it but am faced with a small dilemma. My concern is: can I install fiberglass against the rafters (assuming I have baffles), if the vaulted ceiling leading up to the ridge vent is…
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How to insulate already-existing stud walls along block foundation

My new (to me) house has a 60-year-old block foundation. The previous owners did little to no insulating in the basement. However, they started to finish a bedroom down there, and got as far as framing the walls and wiring in the outlets and lights.…
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