Anyone recommend a non combustable insulation please?

blackstar

Hello all

Just wondering if anyone can recommend a non combustable insulation which can not sustain vermin and also is not toxic ie won't make your hands itch and you don't need to wear a facemask when installing it?

I did find this one that matches the above apart from it being toxic and advised to wear a facemask and can be itchy. So if anyone can provide me a link to one which matches.all the below that would be great thanks.

* non toxic/non itch/no facemask needed

* Can't sustain vermin

* non combustable

https://www.diy.com/departments/knauf-eko-roll-loft-insulation-roll-l-5-68m-w-1-14m-t-170mm/663953_BQ.prd

Green_hopeful

https://www.diy.com/departments/diall-insulation-roll-l-6m-w-0-37m-t-100mm/3663602481812_BQ.prd This one is not itchy and nice to work with but more expensive and I don’t know if it would burn. 

If you use the itchy stuff I would recommend sellotape or a lint roller over the skin to get the fibres out of your skin. 

Green_hopeful

Here is some more detail for a similar insulation. https://naturalinsulations.co.uk/product/supasoft-insulation/

blackstar

Green_hopeful said:

https://www.diy.com/departments/diall-insulation-roll-l-6m-w-0-37m-t-100mm/3663602481812_BQ.prd This one is not itchy and nice to work with but more expensive and I don’t know if it would burn. 

If you use the itchy stuff I would recommend sellotape or a lint roller over the skin to get the fibres out of your skin. 

Thanks is it

* non toxic/non itch/no facemask needed
* Can't sustain vermin
* non combustable

grumpy_codger

I worked with rockwool slabs without any mask and don't remember any itching, but I'm not a delicate person. Easy to cut on a flat surface with a sharp knife.

With regard to "Can't sustain vermin", I once found an abandoned nest in an old big pack of extremely itchy fibreglass insulation.

FreeBear

grumpy_codger said:

I worked with rockwool slabs without any mask and don't remember any itching, but I'm not a delicate person. Easy to cut on a flat surface with a sharp knife.

I've used both fibreglass and mineral wool insulation (the latter by the truck load). Didn't find either to be itchy at all.

FlorayG

Sheeps Wool Insulation UK - Thermafleece Cosywool

FreeBear

FlorayG said:

Sheeps Wool Insulation UK - Thermafleece Cosywool

https://listedbuildingsurveys.co.uk/moths-related-to-the-use-of-wool-insulation/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czrlj41jy7mo
Sheeps wool isn't non-combustible either...