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Install Fiberglass Batt Insulation (for comparison)

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I Tested 7 Most Flammable Home Insulation

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What happens here

First, unfurl and fit fiberglass batt insulation into a cavity of the prepared wall frame. The insulation shown has a paper backing, indicating it is 'faced' fiberglass, which acts as a vapor barrier. The presenter notes that fiberglass itself is often considered non-flammable, but the paper facing can be combustible.

Goal: Install faced fiberglass batt insulation into a wall cavity.

Tools and materials

  • Fiberglass Batt Insulation (Faced)
  • Utility Knife

What they say

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experiment all right let's start for our first test run here is this is our classic fiberglass bat insulation this is the basic stuff that's in your walls this has a paper backing which is called face and that's simply just being a vapor barrier it's definitely going to be flammable but the internet says that being fiberglass that it's not flammable we're going to be the judges of

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