New Construction

Fiberglass Awareness

A man in a room bending down working on a wall that is lined with fiberglass batts

There are many different insulation material options, but because of building codes set by the government all new construction tends to be lined with fiberglass and has been since the early 1970s.

A room lined with fiberglass batts with drywall leaning against the wall that has not been put up yet. There is a fan sitting on the plywood floor.

Thin wood walls, spun glass and drywall

A room with the studs showing and fiberglass batts lining the walls and rolls of the spun glass on the floor awaiting instulation. There is a kids bicycle in the back of the room.

Fiberglass being installed in a building

An unfinished room with the studs showing and fiberglass batts lining the walls and ceiling. There is a dehumidifier in the back room.

A room with yellow fiberglass in an open wall with electrical outlets and wires with a black bicycle parked in front of it. There is a white fan on the floor in the other room.

The open faced side of the fiberglass inside of a wall before the drywall was put on.

Yellow fiberglass lining a doorway inside of a room with more fiberglass batts lining the ceiling and walls in the room behind it.

Spun glass behind the walls around the electrical outlet and the wires.

Yellow fiberglass lining a doorway, walls and ceiling inside of a room with a man in a gray shirt standing next to it.

Fiberglass lined around a doorway, ceiling and walls.

Yellow fiberglass bats lining a doorway that does not have drywall up yet. The open side is showing.

Fiberglass around the doorway and walls with wires running through it.

A room being built with fiberglass batts lining the studded wall up to the ceiling where the drywall was put up. There is a work bench and tools in front of the wall.

The paper side of the fiberglass behind the walls with the spun glass facing the outside of the room.

A studded wall with the paper side of fiberglass batts showing with drywall leaning against the wall. There are tools all around the room.

The drywall ready to put up to cover up the spun glass.

A studded room with fiberglass batts lining the walls and drywall leaning against the wall. There is a fan in the room and a white table.

The room with the drywall ceiling covering up the fiberglass above it.

A studded room with a bike parked and in the back room is a man on a step ladder putting up light fixtures and piles of fiberglass batts in white plastic on the floor.

Ceiling lights being installed around the fiberglass

A black bicycle parked next to a pile of yellow fiberglass scraps. There is a white dehumidifier and a red generator next to it.

Extra fiberglass laying in the storage room next to the kid's bike. People rarely consider the air quality and how fiberglass effects it.

A studded room with yellow fiberglass lined on one side and the empty studs on the other. There is a paper sign hanging on the wall that says 'get your food here'

The open side of the spun glass before the drywall was put over it.

A studded wall with plywood leaning against the wall. There is an open window in the next room with fiberglass lining the wall and ceiling around the window.

Sharon Maguire - Updated 2-22-2017