I’m working on an old family house (around 100 yrs old) and saw very little insulation in the attic. It is some loose black material . I thought about having 2-3 inches sprayed on the ceiling and side walls, and then lay batt insulation between the joists. My biggest concern about just blowing in 14-16″ of insulation is when you have to get up there to work on electrical or whatever in the future. I also thought that I would lay batts down and then lay plywood over that and then blow in insulation. With the plywood a person could walk around up there to work on things and level out the blown in as you leave. I don’t have enough knowledge to just do maybe the cheapest and possibly the worst thing.
Thanks for any information you can give me.
Gary Throntveit
Dear Today’s Homeowner Team, I thoroughly enjoyed the segment on hanging pictures. Great Idea! When I am bagging my leaves, I use a bungee cord tied around the 30 gallon trash can along with the bag enclosed. It helps in the sliding of the bag, and I also use the Worx bag and leaf blower, vacuum,really helps in the pick up of leaves. Great show.
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I’m working on an old family house (around 100 yrs old) and saw very little insulation in the attic. It is some loose black material . I thought about having 2-3 inches sprayed on the ceiling and side walls, and then lay batt insulation between the joists. My biggest concern about just blowing in 14-16″ of insulation is when you have to get up there to work on electrical or whatever in the future. I also thought that I would lay batts down and then lay plywood over that and then blow in insulation. With the plywood a person could walk around up there to work on things and level out the blown in as you leave. I don’t have enough knowledge to just do maybe the cheapest and possibly the worst thing.
Thanks for any information you can give me.
Gary Throntveit
Dear Today’s Homeowner Team, I thoroughly enjoyed the segment on hanging pictures. Great Idea! When I am bagging my leaves, I use a bungee cord tied around the 30 gallon trash can along with the bag enclosed. It helps in the sliding of the bag, and I also use the Worx bag and leaf blower, vacuum,really helps in the pick up of leaves. Great show.