Not a lick of insulation in the old part of the house

oil pan 4 · 02-04-14, 04:25 PM

I have only torn into exterior walls in the new part of the house so far and they were stuffed with fiberglass.
Then interior walls in the old part of the house.
Untill now.

When I pulled out the 2 obsolete breaker boxes and replaced them with a modern squareD QO box and installed new outlets I found a whole lot of nothing in the walls.
Great if you are putting in a new breaker box and running new wire, bad in every other way imaginable.

Whats the best way to get something in the walls?

The walls are stucko out side, with a layer of black fibery stuff that must have counted as insulation back in 1960, a massive void the width of a milled 2x4 covered with sheet rock.

I am assuming the same is up in the in accessable upper craw space, minus the black fibery r1 goodness.

I know there is nothing under the floor, just around the sides of the exterior walls. Putting fiberglass under the floor sucks a lot.

02-04-14, 04:25 PM	#1
oil pan 4 Land owner Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NM Posts: 1,026 Thanks: 12 Thanked 127 Times in 107 Posts	Not a lick of insulation in the old part of the house I have only torn into exterior walls in the new part of the house so far and they were stuffed with fiberglass. Then interior walls in the old part of the house. Untill now. When I pulled out the 2 obsolete breaker boxes and replaced them with a modern squareD QO box and installed new outlets I found a whole lot of nothing in the walls. Great if you are putting in a new breaker box and running new wire, bad in every other way imaginable. Whats the best way to get something in the walls? The walls are stucko out side, with a layer of black fibery stuff that must have counted as insulation back in 1960, a massive void the width of a milled 2x4 covered with sheet rock. I am assuming the same is up in the in accessable upper craw space, minus the black fibery r1 goodness. I know there is nothing under the floor, just around the sides of the exterior walls. Putting fiberglass under the floor sucks a lot.