Posted: 8/5/2010 10:25:24 AM EDT
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Me and my misses got a nice old house last year and it doesn't have a strand of insulation.
Yesterday we got enough for the attic and I had a friend come over to help. We are using the rolled R30 stuff, not blown. We laid the first roll lastnight and stapled it in but had to quit cause it was just a damn sauna up there. Do we really need to staple unfaced insulation rolls if they are laid between the rafters? We stapled the first one but if its not needed, that's one less step and less gear to lug. |
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Me and my misses got a nice old house last year and it doesn't have a strand of insulation. Yesterday we got enough for the attic and I had a friend come over to help. We are using the rolled R30 stuff, not blown. We laid the first roll lastnight and stapled it in but had to quit cause it was just a damn sauna up there. Do we really need to staple unfaced insulation rolls if they are laid between the rafters? We stapled the first one but if its not needed, that's one less step and less gear to lug. No need to staple if you are laying between the rafters. |
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Quoted: Me and my misses got a nice old house last year and it doesn't have a strand of insulation. Yesterday we got enough for the attic and I had a friend come over to help. We are using the rolled R30 stuff, not blown. We laid the first roll lastnight and stapled it in but had to quit cause it was just a damn sauna up there. Do we really need to staple unfaced insulation rolls if they are laid between the rafters? We stapled the first one but if its not needed, that's one less step and less gear to lug. You don't need to staple them. How were you even stapling them? The vapor barrier should face the living area so the paper side should be against the drywall. |
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Ill add more detail
The house was build in 1910 and doesnt even have the old sawdust insulation It has knob and tube wireing between most of the joists. Ive read some stuff on how to insulate with knob and tube such as keep it 3" away from wires at least. Is this train of thought safe? I understand I will have to do a lot of cutting and stuffing with this kind of wireing, which is fine with me. I believe the attic floor is made up of sheet rock, not drywall. As you may have guessed, Im new with insulation, please, be gental |