{"id":1938,"date":"2021-02-19T08:32:13","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T13:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecorenov.ca\/en\/?post_type=avada_faq&#038;p=1938"},"modified":"2021-02-19T09:14:17","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T14:14:17","slug":"how-do-you-know-if-vermiculite-contains-asbestos","status":"publish","type":"avada_faq","link":"https:\/\/www.ecorenov.ca\/en\/FAQ\/how-do-you-know-if-vermiculite-contains-asbestos\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you know if vermiculite contains asbestos?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1939 size-full\" title=\"Vermiculite insulation with asbestos\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecorenov.ca\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vermiculite-insulation-with-asbestos.jpg\" alt=\"Vermiculite insulation with asbestos\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecorenov.ca\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vermiculite-insulation-with-asbestos-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.ecorenov.ca\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vermiculite-insulation-with-asbestos-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ecorenov.ca\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vermiculite-insulation-with-asbestos.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> It is important to know that only Zonolite brand vermiculite contains asbestos. But how do you know if the vermiculite in your attic contains it? Some will tell you that vermiculite of such a color almost always contains asbestos, this statement is totally FALSE! The only reliable method to identify if vermiculite contains asbestos is to perform a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecorenov.ca\/en\/vermiculite-testing\/\">vermiculite test<\/a> in a laboratory. However, if you find a Zonolite brand bag in your attic, you can save yourself this expense, it is definitely contaminated with asbestos.<\/p>\n<p>A vermiculite test involves taking 3 vermiculite samples from random places in your attic. It is particularly important to recover the layer of vermiculite at the bottom and to take the dust which is present there. The analysis will therefore confirm or rule out the presence of asbestos in your vermiculite.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1939,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"faq_category":[64],"class_list":["post-1938","avada_faq","type-avada_faq","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","faq_category-vermiculite"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How do you know if vermiculite contains asbestos? | EcoRenov<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Are you wondering if the vermiculite insulation in your attic contains asbestos? 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