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Originally Posted by speede5
Was it pink fiberglass? that stuff has no asbestos. You need to worry about vermiculite insuation, looks like little chipped up wafer material that has a shimmer to it. Zonelite is the really nasty one, you will usually only see it in attics. Other material that can have asbestos is insulating paper that was stuck on ducting before duct tape and foil tape became popular. If it is fibreous and more than 20 years old there's a good chance it's got asbestos in it.
Given that everything your throwing out is probably saturated you are in an extremely low risk situation. I do a lot of reno work, I've seen a fair bit of asbestos. It's not that bad if you treat it with respect, but it's also not in everything, so you don't need to start planning your funeral.
Vermiculite (don't mess iwth this stuff without proper protection):
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Thank you all,
Only the bottom half of what we yanked out was wet. However, it was pink, so I think it was the fiber glass stuff.
Now I am worried about the particular board and paper covers ha!