Virtually every residential real estate sale agreement in Ontario contains a clause concerning urea formaldehyde foam insulation (UFFI). Typically, the clause is a warranty that the seller has never ...

Remember urea formaldehyde foam insulation (UFFI)? Back in the late 1970s and early 1980s it was the ultimate bad guy of the insulation world. Installed in hundreds of thousands of homes in the U.S.

We built our home in 1971. A few years later, we had urea formaldehyde foam insulation installed through a government program. I have no plans to leave this house, but given my age, I want to keep my ...

I have a home that was built 60 years ago. The garage walls are insulated with UFFI, and the garage is attached to the house. I’m thinking of selling in 5 to 10 years. Should I remove the UFFI in ...

Over the last 18 months, approximately 700 older homes in Ontario have been insulated with a product containing urea formaldehyde foam insulation, or UFFI. The problem is that the use of UFFI has been ...

In recent columns, we've looked at cellulose insulation as well as fiberglass and other batt insulation materials. The other option for filling wall and ceiling cavities is foam insulation that is ...

Canada Mortgage and Housing says it has no plans to implement special rules to ensure home buyers are told if a house has vermiculite insulation containing asbestos. CMHC officials say the ...

Radical renovators Ken and Andrea will inhabit a home free of allergens, bugs, drafts and the nuisance of noise thanks to contractor Tim Tindale's insistence that they use an expensive but highly ...