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Does this look like asbestos insulation?

AON | Posted in General Questions on

Hi there! Cleaning out a home built in 1955 and came across this material. Does it look like asbestos?

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  1. dvaut | | #1

    Looks like blown in cellulose to me but it is tough to tell from a picture.

  2. GBA Editor
    Martin Holladay | | #2

    Ann,
    Like Dillon, I think it's cellulose.

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