House insulation, attic and crawl space

Les Davis · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 2:04 pm **Posts:** 2059

Jordan Normark wrote:

So this past weekend Monica (my wife) and I blew 70 bails of insulation into our attic. We used the cellulose stuff, so it was dusty, VERY dusty. Total depth is around 14 inches to allow for some settling, so I should have an R value around 38 now. Lowe's lends the machine for free when you buy at least 20 bails, so our total cost was just shy of $700. Prior to the insulation, when the outside temperature dropped into the 40's the furnace would run non stop. Now it cycles on and off like it should.

That will probably pay for itself in under a year in power bill savings.

Jordan Normark · **Posted:** Thu Nov 21, 2013 1:39 pm

Les Davis wrote:

Jordan Normark wrote:

So this past weekend Monica (my wife) and I blew 70 bails of insulation into our attic. We used the cellulose stuff, so it was dusty, VERY dusty. Total depth is around 14 inches to allow for some settling, so I should have an R value around 38 now. Lowe's lends the machine for free when you buy at least 20 bails, so our total cost was just shy of $700. Prior to the insulation, when the outside temperature dropped into the 40's the furnace would run non stop. Now it cycles on and off like it should.

That will probably pay for itself in under a year in power bill savings.

Yeah, reminds me of what you wrote earlier about the previous owner of your house and all the money wasted on heating/cooling a drafty home.

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