Anyone know about blown in insulation
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Anyone know about blown in insulation
I want to add insulation in my attic, and Im thinking blown in is the way to go, has anyone had any experience with the blown in insulation or know anyone that has done it? just thought I would ask here cuz most of you guys are homeowners too.. 
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Re: Anyone know about blown in insulation
Originally Posted by Klimaxx
I want to add insulation in my attic, and Im thinking blown in is the way to go, has anyone had any experience with the blown in insulation or know anyone that has done it? just thought I would ask here cuz most of you guys are homeowners too..
do u only wanna do the attic?
do u have acess to the attic?
if ur only doin the attic and u have acess ur better off in the long run to lay batting..............
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Re: Anyone know about blown in insulation
Yea I have acess and there is already 1 layer of batting down, your the first to say to go with more batting, why do you recommend it over the blown in? Thanks for your input! 
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Re: Anyone know about blown in insulation
Originally Posted by Klimaxx
Yea I have acess and there is already 1 layer of batting down, your the first to say to go with more batting, why do you recommend it over the blown in? Thanks for your input!
because god forbid u ever have to do any interiro ceiling work..........of decide to do anything with the attic...........that **** is messy and a pain in the *** to do anything with once its in............plus u can do batting yerself and save yerself some bucks........
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oh and another problem i have found with it in my house...................wasps............i have that vermiculite type granular insulation............they nest in it during the winter and i have wasps in my house from time to time
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Re: Anyone know about blown in insulation
Originally Posted by sclevela
because god forbid u ever have to do any interiro ceiling work..........of decide to do anything with the attic...........that **** is messy and a pain in the *** to do anything with once its in............plus u can do batting yerself and save yerself some bucks........
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Originally Posted by r1dude
Amen, They have that **** in my Attic. When I open the attic door it goes all over. It's even found it's way into my cold air returns and I've drilled a few holes in the ceiling and it was like sand pouring out of an hour glass.
thats nuffin..........i redid my enire 2nd floor.............house built in 1899.........plaster walls and ceilings........took out 4 walls 3 of which were supporting walls so i had to post and beam them ......... everytime i so much as put a crack in the ceiling tryin to get some of the joists straight i had the countdown to new years goin on
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Re: Anyone know about blown in insulation
Originally Posted by Klimaxx
I want to add insulation in my attic, and Im thinking blown in is the way to go, has anyone had any experience with the blown in insulation or know anyone that has done it? just thought I would ask here cuz most of you guys are homeowners too..
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Re: Anyone know about blown in insulation
Originally Posted by serslyfkdup
don't do it.you will get black mold,no matter what they say,and the **** is way too messy.roll out the pink stuff.
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Re: Anyone know about blown in insulation
Originally Posted by wangsta
Ask flip and drop they are the masters of the "blown" 
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Hey look I think T might have got the forks to rebound fully on that one...why can't he get that 929 in the air!?
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Re: Anyone know about blown in insulation
Originally Posted by Klimaxx
I want to add insulation in my attic, and Im thinking blown in is the way to go, has anyone had any experience with the blown in insulation or know anyone that has done it? just thought I would ask here cuz most of you guys are homeowners too..
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Re: Anyone know about blown in insulation
Originally Posted by sclevela
because god forbid u ever have to do any interiro ceiling work..........of decide to do anything with the attic...........that **** is messy and a pain in the *** to do anything with once its in............plus u can do batting yerself and save yerself some bucks........
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Re: Anyone know about blown in insulation
Originally Posted by XFlipX
Masters of the blown...seriously!? WTF that means I recieve, not give, and last I checked you can't ride past 9 at night because you need to be home with Dan to "blow" him...secondly you really need to work on the put downs bud...jesus this is the worst one you have ever come up with! Don't waste our time you were never a master of words, just photo-shop so stick with and bring joy to the group with that and those hilarious POW POW Power wheelies!
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Hey look I think T might have got the forks to rebound fully on that one...why can't he get that 929 in the air!?
Flip
Hey look I think T might have got the forks to rebound fully on that one...why can't he get that 929 in the air!?
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Re: Anyone know about blown in insulation
If you do use blown insulation make sure to put venting in, and too thick. If you use to much it will settle and not work properly. That's when moisture builds up and you get mold. I used to do that a long time ago.
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Re: Anyone know about blown in insulation
Originally Posted by Klimaxx
Musta hit pretty close with that one Big T to get him all fired up like that huh?
