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Like Jeff, with heat index here of 100 tomorrow and 103 by the weekend, winter is the furthest thing from my mind! What I wouldn't give for 20 degrees with no insulation right now!!
After a bumper winter last year and rising cost of heating fuel many people are getting ready for winter early this year. My phone has been ringing off the hook all summer from people looking for replacement windows, adding insulation and energy audits on thier homes.
No rest for the weary. Oh well, I guess we're blessed too be to busy than too slow.
After a bumper winter last year and rising cost of heating fuel many people are getting ready for winter early this year. My phone has been ringing off the hook all summer from people looking for replacement windows, adding insulation and energy audits on thier homes.
No rest for the weary. Oh well, I guess we're blessed too be to busy than too slow.
I hear you! The guy who is putting our windows in was looking for work last spring, now we just hope he can get our windows installed by October. It's a banner year for repair contractors.
I have a question....Have you ever used one of those blown in insulation machines? I'm waiting for a quote from a blown in insulation company, though today when we were at Home Depot picking up the windows we saw where they have free use of an insulation blowing machine if you purchase 10 bags of insulation. I can do my attic for about $300.00 myself. We figured we'd get the machine and do both my house and my brother's in the same day. I can't imagine the insulation company would come in anywhere near that price??
I hear you! The guy who is putting our windows in was looking for work last spring, now we just hope he can get our windows installed by October. It's a banner year for repair contractors.
I have a question....Have you ever used one of those blown in insulation machines? I'm waiting for a quote from a blown in insulation company, though today when we were at Home Depot picking up the windows we saw where they have free use of an insulation blowing machine if you purchase 10 bags of insulation. I can do my attic for about $300.00 myself. We figured we'd get the machine and do both my house and my brother's in the same day. I can't imagine the insulation company would come in anywhere near that price??
I have and they are easy to use...you need two people, and be sure to wear a mask and or cover up parts you don't want insulation on. I wore old clothes and duct taped the collars and cuffs. (Did the face/head wrap and tuck into the undershirt and then taped it off too)
One person on the hopper, one person blowing. Just keep the depth consistent when it goes down and be sure to vent the soffit properly before blowing. Usually styrofoam "vents" that extend into the soffit get stapled to the underside of the roof sheeting.
Not rocket science by any means. You can do it...just do it on a cooler day or you will be sorry being in the attic. LOL Nothing like insulation "dust" sticking to sweaty facial skin.
If anyone has an application for spray-on foam, it is very easy to spray yourself. I did all of our foam insulation. Between 1 inch and 2 inches of foam on our walls and roof. It adds structural strength and solidness to the walls, seals all air drafts, sound insulates and adds about R-8.
Our windows aren't old old, but they could use a update. So last winter we used that (bare with me since I can't recall the name) We used... this clear-easy to remove cocking around the windows. When it's time to come off, you grab an end and it zips right off with out harming your panes.
We also have a monitor heater for the house. It is our source of heat. It has a timer, so you can program it for being on and cutting back when your not home. Last winter, we spent less then 700.00 for the year to heat our home 3 bedroom (one level) home. heat on 67*.
I remember our first year here, we spent less then 300.00 for the year. (That was 2003)
We have never lived anyplace that was this cheap. I love the big homes, but you can pay for it.
I have and they are easy to use...you need two people, and be sure to wear a mask and or cover up parts you don't want insulation on. I wore old clothes and duct taped the collars and cuffs. (Did the face/head wrap and tuck into the undershirt and then taped it off too)
One person on the hopper, one person blowing. Just keep the depth consistent when it goes down and be sure to vent the soffit properly before blowing. Usually styrofoam "vents" that extend into the soffit get stapled to the underside of the roof sheeting.
Not rocket science by any means. You can do it...just do it on a cooler day or you will be sorry being in the attic. LOL Nothing like insulation "dust" sticking to sweaty facial skin.
Sounds doable! This house doesn't have soffit vents. It just has end vents and a ridge cap vent they put in when we had it re-roofed a few years ago. You're right about the cool weather we plan to do it in October when the weather is cooler and the wasps are dormant. Thanks!
Our windows aren't old old, but they could use a update. So last winter we used that (bare with me since I can't recall the name) We used... this clear-easy to remove cocking around the windows. When it's time to come off, you grab an end and it zips right off with out harming your panes.
We also have a monitor heater for the house. It is our source of heat. It has a timer, so you can program it for being on and cutting back when your not home. Last winter, we spent less then 700.00 for the year to heat our home 3 bedroom (one level) home. heat on 67*.
I remember our first year here, we spent less then 300.00 for the year. (That was 2003)
We have never lived anyplace that was this cheap. I love the big homes, but you can pay for it.
That's real cheap to heat a three bedroom house! Amazing to see how much oil has gone up in just the last few years though isn't it?
Like Jeff, with heat index here of 100 tomorrow and 103 by the weekend, winter is the furthest thing from my mind! What I wouldn't give for 20 degrees with no insulation right now!!
No air here and the house sits at 90 with no air... I'm with EL!
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