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Ryland · 01-24-11, 03:42 PM

The attic had 4" of mineral wool or very old fiberglass covered over by a floor with an air space that was open to the eaves then 6" of cellulose, the cellulose was doing next to nothing because of the air space, so we pulled everything out, old insulation, the floor (on top of 2x6's so not strong enough to build a room up there with the spans we have) pulled old wiring, used about 8 cans of expanding foam to seal every single gap, crack and joint that could leak air then blew in 2,000 pounds of cellulose.

The crawl spaces are sand stone foundation walls, one of them had fiberglass bats that were doing next to nothing and the other had nothing to insulate it.
We make little enough money that even tho there are tax credits for insulating we don't qualify, we do however qualify for some cash back from Focus On Energy (public service non profit who collects money from the utilities to improve energy efficentcy) so we will get a small amount back from them because of the energy audit that we had done so that will quicken our return on investment a little but still the biggest return will be the $100's we'll save every year in heating bills.

01-24-11, 03:42 PM	#3
Ryland Master EcoRenovator Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Western Wisconsin. Posts: 913 Thanks: 127 Thanked 82 Times in 71 Posts	The attic had 4" of mineral wool or very old fiberglass covered over by a floor with an air space that was open to the eaves then 6" of cellulose, the cellulose was doing next to nothing because of the air space, so we pulled everything out, old insulation, the floor (on top of 2x6's so not strong enough to build a room up there with the spans we have) pulled old wiring, used about 8 cans of expanding foam to seal every single gap, crack and joint that could leak air then blew in 2,000 pounds of cellulose. The crawl spaces are sand stone foundation walls, one of them had fiberglass bats that were doing next to nothing and the other had nothing to insulate it. We make little enough money that even tho there are tax credits for insulating we don't qualify, we do however qualify for some cash back from Focus On Energy (public service non profit who collects money from the utilities to improve energy efficentcy) so we will get a small amount back from them because of the energy audit that we had done so that will quicken our return on investment a little but still the biggest return will be the $100's we'll save every year in heating bills.