While wearing dust mask and gloves carry r 38 batts of unfaced fiberglass insulation into the attic.
How to install insulation in attic walls.
Check pipes and vents.
Not sure where exactly to insulate.
If you want to insulate an area in your crawl space attic or.
Spray foam insulation 1.
Choose your insulation type.
To install insulation batts and blankets if using insulation with a vapor retardant facing install the material with the vapor retardant side down.
Choose between open and.
Generally disposable and refillable spray insulation tanks are sold as part of a spray.
This necessitates professional installation however.
Make sure you have a suitable space for spray foam.
Loose fill and blown insulation.
Blanket type insulation comes in two forms.
When rolling the insulation cut it to length using a utility knife.
Because it is forced through a tube and blown into space loose fill is best suited for unfinished attics and hard to reach areas.
Probably in more place than you think.
Lay out the insulation begin laying in the insulation starting at an area farthest from the attic access image 1.
Lay the batts across the ceiling joists covering the existing insulation.
Calculate how much you need.
Begin at a wall and work toward the center of the attic floor or the entryway carefully placing insulation between joists and ensuring a snug fit.
In addition to walls and attics insulation should be installed in ceilings with unheated spaces basement walls floors above vented crawl spaces cathedral ceilings floors over unheated garages or porches knee walls and in between interior walls especially bathrooms as well as ceilings and floors.
Get a low pressure sprayer.