Blow in Attic Insulation Providers

[Buster]

Originally posted by Tik-Tok


Yes. We had our 50's bungelow done in the spring. We definitely noticed a difference in the summer heat. The attic didn't heat soak the house like it had in the past.

In the winter, honestly didn't notice a big difference. So what I did was setup my furnace to run the lowest speed fan 24/7 (although hooked up to an easy to access switch, which I turn off when it gets above 0*C), and when the furnace kicks in, it runs at med-high speed.

This has made more difference (in winter) than anything else I've done in the past decade to our house. No more cold spots, no more drafts, and it only costs about $20 a month more in electricity.

did they just vacuum out the old stuff?

[suntan]

Lots of places will remove the old stuff, but why? There's nothing wrong with it unless you had some sort of animal infestation or water penetration.

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by Buster


did they just vacuum out the old stuff?

Nope, just blew in more overtop. As said, no reason to remove the old stuff.

[Buster]

How easy is it to tell the R value in your attic with your current insulation?

[suntan]

Just measure what you have with a tape measure, look online to find equivalent R-value.

e.g.

https://www.lowes.com/cd_Blown+In+R+...tor_477243886_


Anyhoo, I discovered something today. I set my ceiling fans to turn clockwise, turned them on and now my upstairs is the same temp as my downstairs (22.5C). Mind blown.

[HomespunLobster]

Originally posted by suntan

Anyhoo, I discovered something today. I set my ceiling fans to turn clockwise, turned them on and now my upstairs is the same temp as my downstairs (22.5C). Mind blown. [/B]

My winterization of my house, and spring break in procedure include changing the direction of the cieling fan. Amazing what it does spinning the other way

[suntan]

The funny part was the bedroom fans were already set to clockwise... Whoops!