Anyone recommend non combustable insulation?

[nameisme]

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

Knauf Eko Roll Loft insulation roll, (L)5.68m (W)1.14m (T)170mm

Eko Roll is a glass mineral wool roll, designed for use in cold lofts at ceiling level. This roll measures (L) 5.68m (W) 1.14m (T) 170mm.

www.diy.com

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Wool? Maybe a bit expensive?

 

[nameisme]

Wool? Maybe a bit expensive?

Is wool insulation

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

 

[JohnD]

Knauf mineral wool treated with Ecose (which prevents it shedding irritant dust and fibres). Widely sold in DIY outlets. It is brown, not yellow, and "Ecose" is marked on the wrapper. The one illustrated in your first post is an Ecose product. If working in a loft it is wise to use dust protection because old lofts, especially, may have many years of dust in them, including from industrial soot and old insulation products. I am very prone to dust inhalation, and only use the Ecose products, and in my own house I hoover out the old dust as well, using a canister vac.

Foamglas which is a rigid slab, but not widely sold in UK. It could have prevented the Grenfell disaster.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Is wool insulation

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

Google is your friend!

 

[foxhole]

Wool insulation is widely available .
But not much will put off rodents .

 

[JP_]

I bought some white recycled plastic insulation from B&Q.
No idea how good it was, as just needed something to go under the bath, but it was easy to tear with no gloves, gave off no particles etc.
Although, it is more plastic that could lead to microplastics ...
MIght be rubbish for insulation for all I know - better than nothing though.

 

[endecotp]

The Knauf product you linked to uses their “Ecose” process to be less itchy than is typical for a rockwool / glass product.

I’m surprised that you believe it to be toxic. You wouldn’t want to eat it, but it is just glass with some ‘natural’ additives. What have you read about its toxicity?