What is Pink Insulation?
Fiberglass insulation is used in homes and other buildings to block sound and heat transfer. It is almost always pink in color. This insulation is colored artificially to make it recognizable to consumers. The pink coloring dates back to the invention of modern fiberglass insulation by an employee of the Owens-Corning company in 1938. Owens-Corning colored its insulation in a distinctive way for marketing purposes at first, and pink insulation became so well-known that most fiberglass insulation is now made to be pink. Pink insulation serves as a very cost-effective and energy-saving product for consumers. It also performs very well in comparison with other forms of insulation, such as cellulose. While pink insulation settles very slightly or not at all, depending on the type, it never loses its insulating power. Cellulose, on the other hand, settles to a much higher degree, sometimes up to 25%. This causes it to lose a large amount of its ability to insulate. Fire safety is another pa
