insulation

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A grandmother who paid rogue builders more than £13,000 to remove spray foam insulation from her house has said it has left her feeling "trapped" with a leaking roof which will cost £20,000 to repair.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Patricia Salt, 76, of Brentford, west London, had spray foam insulation installed in 2006 to make her house more energy efficient.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

I spent hours with Dad in our garage grease pit bleeding brakes, in our attic installing insulation, in the furnace room adjusting burners.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

QXO, the building products roll-up founded by billionaire Brad Jacobs, announced on Sunday that it would acquire insulation firm TopBuild for $17 billion, expanding its capabilities across the building products value chain.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

“Pry up the floorboards,” orders Volkheimer, but after Neumann Two pries up several and peers down, it’s clear that the only thing under the boards is decades-old horsehair for insulation.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr