It’s nice having awesome friends, between Jerry helping with the prep work, and Jeb helping feed the blower, I got the job done!
I had gotten sick between the time I started this project, and the time I could finish it, so it took me a bit longer than I had anticipated.
I finally rented a blower from Menards.
Between it not being bolted down to the pallet they had it on, and it’s missing parts, It was a frustrating experience getting it home and set up.
I got the privilege of hanging out in my attic for 5 hours!
The job wasn’t near as bad as I thought it was going to be. The prep-work was harder than the actual blowing in of insulation. That isn’t to say, that the job was a cake walk.
In the end, it was worth it! The gas bill was something like half as much for the month after we insulated from the month before, and it was much colder. I will have to run the numbers later, but I am expecting that the insulation will have paid for itself in energy savings the first winter!
I still have a bit of insulation to add. I came up a bit short, so I must have blow in insulation a bit thick in places. I am going to need to get a few more bags and toss the insulation in by hand. I made sure that the space left to do was close to the access hatch so it’s easy for me to do.
I also have to go around and insulate the rimjoists and find any drafts and close those up as well.
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