Demolished Grey Insulbrick

A gutted back road home owned by a Toronto developer. Permission to demolish was granted to a Niagara contractor in October 2011 so this house likely will not be here long.

The house features a basement fireplace heating system and vermiculite insulation throughout, which may have contributed to its demise. Prior to its closure in 1990, much of the worlds supply of vermiculite came from a mine near Libby, Montana. This mine had a natural deposit of asbestos which resulted in the contamination of almost all 20th century North American vermiculite insulation with asbestos fibers.

The basement of the house looks as though it contains multiple left-over items but is flooded with water.