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.

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 ...

Virtually every residential real estate sale agreement in Ontario contains a clause concerning urea formaldehyde foam insulation (UFFI). Typically, the clause is a warranty that the seller has never ...

Unfortunately, the urea formaldehyde foam that has been used spontaneously decomposes, releasing formaldehyde fumes in quantities which may be toxic. The use of urea formaldehyde foams in construction ...

This article was published 08/12/2012 (4745 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current. Everyone’s always asking me “What’s the best insulation? Batt? Loose fill? Rigid?” Different ...

The formaldehyde levels in a new elementary school were measured and traced to their origin. Although the original source had generally been assumed to be the urea formaldehyde foam insulation inside ...

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 ...

We built our home in 1971. A few years later, we had urea formaldehyde foam insulation installed through a government program. I have no plans to leave this house, but given my age, I want to keep my ...