Remember urea formaldehyde foam insulation (UFFI)? Back in the late 1970s and early 1980s it was the ultimate bad guy of the insulation world. Installed in hundreds of thousands of homes in the U.S.

Q: We live in an early ’70s-era home in New Jersey that has a cathedral ceiling on one side of the house. It starts in the living room on the first floor and extends to a peak over the master bedroom ...

Jerry Doyle was just trying to do the right thing and do his part to help protect the environment and be a responsible citizen. You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if ...

In recent columns, we've looked at cellulose insulation as well as fiberglass and other batt insulation materials. The other option for filling wall and ceiling cavities is foam insulation that is ...

Q. I would like information regarding urea formaldehyde foam insulation [UFFI] in walls. We are thinking of buying a house and are afraid of settling on something not knowing if formaldehyde is ...

Formaldehyde. You may remember it fondly from high school biology days — a clear liquid preservative with dead things floating in it that made your eyes sting and your nose run. I don’t know what your ...

WATERLOO REGION — The last chapter in a class-action lawsuit by hundreds of people who injected their homes with urea formaldehyde foam insulation may be written in a Windsor courtroom later this ...

Everyone's always asking me what's the best insulation? Batt? Loose fill? Rigid? Different insulation will work best for different jobs. But there's one product that has proven itself consistently on ...

DOW Building Solutions has released a new generation of its STYROFOAM brand extruded polystyrene foam insulation. The new product, with thickness of 1.5 inches or greater, will have a new 50-year ...