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- From: pngai@adobe.com (Phil Ngai)
- Subject: DIY blown-in insulation
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.194242.10998@adobe.com>
- Sender: usenet@adobe.com (USENET NEWS)
- Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 19:42:42 GMT
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- Last weekend I saw that our local (San Carlos, California) Home Depot
- had a new offering: do-it yourself blown-in cellulose insulation.
-
- They had big bags of essentially shredded and chemically treated
- newspaper for about $10 each, rated to cover about 77 square feet in a
- 2x4 stud wall (excluding studs I think) and two machines you could
- rent for installing the insulation. The machines were free the first
- day and $35 per day after that.
-
- The store wasn't really ready to sell this product yet, there
- was no information available and the accessories (plugs and maybe
- drill bits) weren't there either, but I eagerly await the
- possibility of retrofitting wall insulation into my house for
- only $200-300.
-
- As is typical for this operation, the orange apron I talked to
- didn't have a clue about this product. He asked me why one would
- use blown-in vs fiberglass rolls.
-
- I'll save Chris Lewis the trouble and mention that rock wool is
- claimed to have some advantages over cellulose, etc. I suspect
- you have to live near a steel mill for it to be economical.
- (is this rock wool really steel mill slag?)
-
- If anyone rushes ahead of me to use this product, I'd appreciate
- hearing how it works out for you. Otherwise I will post a report.
-
- --
- My opinions are my own.
-