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Home Owner Maintenance Tip
We enjoy trying to make sure that your home stays your most valuable asset. One of the best ways we know to help, is to pass along some simple maintenance tips that most people don’t know could save thousands of dollars. The increase of combustible insulation has led to concern over fire safety. The most common type of exposed combustible insulation found in houses, is polystyrene, the white plastic insulation commonly used to make disposable coffee cups. Insulation comes in one-quarter to four inch thick sheets. It is often exposed in basements, crawl spaces and garages. If you find this insulation in your home, cover it with drywall to protect it from fire and reduce flame spread if it does burn. If polystyrene insulation has been glued to the inside of your garage door, there is no way to adequately protect it, just remove it. Polystyrene is often used for home projects such as inexpensive ceiling tile for T-bar ceilings. Using combustible plastic insulation as suspended ceiling tiles is a disaster waiting to happen. Please feel free to forward this maintenance tip to your friends and/or family members so they too can maintain their real estate investment.
Lem McSpadden and Brian McSpadden "Your Property Consultants for Life"
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