Cellulose Too Heavy Attic

Fiberglass batts are placed between floor joists allowing for greater heat loss as air moves through the wood joists.

Cellulose too heavy attic.

I m going to blown in cellulose in my attic. Especially if you have to pack the insulation a long way from your driveway. It is allowed to settle over time. No pressure is placed on the cellulose.

Walls are patched up and painted over. The first five bags won t be too heavy but bag 95 will weigh a ton. There are literally millions of homes with cellulose insulation in the attic with installed r values up to r 60 and higher. My attic access is about 10 ft from my garage door which made things really easy to stage next to the blower machine.

A 3 inch hose works fine for loose fill cellulose. I ve heard rumors that cellulose can be pretty heavy and could be dangerous if you put too much up there. The cellulose is blown into the attic or walls through long flexible tubes that run from the blower to an application nozzle. The fastest way to move cellulose to an attic floor is through a big 3 inch hose.

The cellulose is allowed to fill the cavities or blanket existing insulation. National fiber in some parts of the u s. I ve heard rumors that cellulose can be pretty heavy and could be dangerous if you put too much up there i m going to blown in cellulose in my attic.