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Attic insulation in Sainte-Sophie
Sainte-Sophie is a municipality settled in 1820 by Scottish and Irish immigrants, and 8.3% of its homes still predate 1961. Isolation Cornerstone insulates those attics and the newer ones alike, and the visit is free.
- 8.3% Before 1961
- 19.8% 1961 to 1980
- 17.3% 1981 to 2000
- 54.7% Since 2001
Single-detached houses: 76% · semi-detached or row houses: 4%
Share of the 7,210 private households, 2021 census (Statistics Canada). Our office on rue Lacordaire is 44.6 km away, about 54 minutes by car.
New Glasgow and New Paisley, two hamlets from 1820
The first settlers came from the British Isles starting in 1820. They founded two settlement centres: New Glasgow, around the Achigan and Abercromby rivers, and New Paisley, around the Jourdain River. In 2000, Sainte-Sophie and New Glasgow merged to form the present municipality.
The housing stock itself is mostly recent: 54.7% of homes date from 2001 on. By type, 76% are single-detached houses and 16.9% are duplexes.
The old house and its grey granules
In a house from before 1961, the batts may be thin, sometimes yellowed, packed down by the years. You may also find vermiculite: small silvery-gold granules that can contain asbestos, according to Health Canada.
If you suspect some in your attic, don’t touch it and don’t climb up to check. Describe what you saw. We never insulate over it: it comes out first, safely.
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- I have an old country house and suspect vermiculite: what should I do?
- Don’t touch it, don’t go up to check, and describe what you saw to Isolation Cornerstone. It comes out first, safely, before anything is insulated.
- Blown-in fibreglass or batts: which is better in the attic?
- Blown-in fibreglass, at Isolation Cornerstone. It reaches the corners nobody can crawl into and forms an even layer from wall to wall, at R-51 minimum, with depth rulers left standing in it so you can read the depth yourself.
- Is the visit for the quote really free?
- Yes. Isolation Cornerstone comes to look at the attic at your address and gives you a written quote, at no charge and with no pressure.
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We come and look at your attic in Sainte-Sophie: the visit is free, and a written quote follows, with no pressure.
Or call us at (438) 544-6512