Hello,
I am not exactly sure what forum this would fall under...I guess it is remodeling.
Anyway. I plan on using this years tax refund to insulate the house, and then take advantage of the tax credits.
For some info...I have a large older house in Rochester NY, in the city. The house was built somewhere between 1910 and 1920 and is in pretty good shape. The house has the old asbestos siding, so I can pop the siding off and blow the insulation in from the outside. My wife and I plan on staying here for awhile, and the heat bills are high. I have been reading information off and on for a year now and there are some general questions that I can't find.
1. I need to know the stud spacing of a house this old. Obviously I need to know where to make my holes.
2. I know it makes a mess, but how much? The houses are close together, and I am sure they won't want the stuff blowing in their yard.
3. My plan is to do the bottom floor first, then do the second floor. Just in case there is some kind of spacer between the two floors. The attic has been converted to a loft and is insulated already. I have read some info about having to feed the hose through the wall to make sure it gets filled up. I can't just blow it in from the hole? Are the hoses long enough to do this from the second story?
4. Does the celluse (spelling) settle? I have read alot of conflicting information. Some say it does, some say it doesn't or it takes a considerable amount of time. I don't know if they are talking about an older product or not. Obviously if it has settled, the insulation was put in at least a decade ago.
I am not exactly sure what forum this would fall under...I guess it is remodeling.
Anyway. I plan on using this years tax refund to insulate the house, and then take advantage of the tax credits.
For some info...I have a large older house in Rochester NY, in the city. The house was built somewhere between 1910 and 1920 and is in pretty good shape. The house has the old asbestos siding, so I can pop the siding off and blow the insulation in from the outside. My wife and I plan on staying here for awhile, and the heat bills are high. I have been reading information off and on for a year now and there are some general questions that I can't find.
1. I need to know the stud spacing of a house this old. Obviously I need to know where to make my holes.
2. I know it makes a mess, but how much? The houses are close together, and I am sure they won't want the stuff blowing in their yard.
3. My plan is to do the bottom floor first, then do the second floor. Just in case there is some kind of spacer between the two floors. The attic has been converted to a loft and is insulated already. I have read some info about having to feed the hose through the wall to make sure it gets filled up. I can't just blow it in from the hole? Are the hoses long enough to do this from the second story?
4. Does the celluse (spelling) settle? I have read alot of conflicting information. Some say it does, some say it doesn't or it takes a considerable amount of time. I don't know if they are talking about an older product or not. Obviously if it has settled, the insulation was put in at least a decade ago.