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- From: patter@dasher.cc.bellcore.com (patterson,george r)
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- Subject: Re: Insulating above a finished attic
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.172650.29284@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 17:26:50 GMT
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- In article <eric.728015238@milton> eric@milton.u.washington.edu (Eric Hirst) writes:
-
- >The primary options, then, are:
- >
- >1. Stuff in the fiberglass, paper side down, and hope for the best. Maybe
- >increase ventilation in crawl spaces.
-
- First off, Reader's Digest is correct (this time). Any moisture that
- might condense in the affected roof are will gravitate to those crawl
- spaces and evaporate. Increased ventilation in the crawl spaces can't
- hurt.
-
- You will have a problem "stuffing" the FG in because of roofing nails
- sticking down through the roof. I would recomend that you work from the
- top, if you can get in there. Cut some pieces of plywood to use as
- pushers (say, 9" or 12" wide), and work with one of these on top of the
- insulation. You can press the FG down far enough with one of these to
- clear the nails. This will also leave enough air gaps between the
- insulation and the roof to provide more than adequate ventilation.
-
- I did exactly this (actually, my push sticks were 2x4s) a few years ago
- in my attic bedroom.
-
- An alternate (and better) method of getting the stuff in there is to
- remove the sheet rock, insulate, and re-rock, but this is not for the
- faint hearted.
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