02-26-2006, 04:54 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Saint Regis Falls, NY, USA.
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The old house used newspapers for insulation. Unlike cellulose which is treated with a fire retardant, regular ol newspaper paper is very flammable when old and dried out. One house I owned had newpaper plate blanks in the attic under the floors. Paper much like compressed paper mache with impressions like that of a newpaper column ready for printing.
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