Ceiling Insulation and Drywall
Ready for Ceiling Isulation #1
Everything inside the house was on dollies so I could move it around. I covered it all with tarps because of the dust from the ceiling insulation.
Ready for Ceiling Insulation #2
Everything inside the house was on dollies so I could move it around. I covered it all with tarps because of the dust from the ceiling insulation.
Attaching Insulation Netting #1
The "netting" was a fiberglass scrim stapled to the rafters. It was needed to hold the blown cellulose insulation in the rafter bays (space between the rafters) prior to installing the ceiling drywall.
Attaching Insulation Netting #2
The "netting" was a fiberglass scrim stapled to the rafters. It was needed to hold the blown cellulose insulation in the rafter bays (space between the rafters) prior to installing the ceiling drywall.
Attaching Insulation Netting #3
The "netting" was a fiberglass scrim stapled to the rafters. It was needed to hold the blown cellulose insulation in the rafter bays (space between the rafters) prior to installing the ceiling drywall.
Installing Insulation Netting #5
The "netting" was a fiberglass scrim stapled to the rafters. It was needed to hold the blown cellulose insulation in the rafter bays (space between the rafters) prior to installing the ceiling drywall.
Installing Insulation Netting #4
The "netting" was a fiberglass scrim stapled to the rafters. It was needed to hold the blown cellulose insulation in the rafter bays (space between the rafters) prior to installing the ceiling drywall.
A dusty business.
One man on the hose pumping the insulation in , and one to keep track where the hose end is in the rafter bay (space between the rafters).
Making a cut to mark how far the insulation filled the bay and where to reinsert the hose.
Making sure the insulation fills the entire rafter bay all the way to the wall.
Blown Cellulose Hopper and Pump
Bales of compacted cellulose were loaded into the big hopper outside in the truck which had a powerful pump attached at the bottom to blow the cellulose through the large diameter hose which stretched into the house.
The day after the cellulose insulation was blown into the rafter bays above the netting the drywall was delivered (leaning against brown tarp). Blowing in the cellulose before installing the drywall insured that the entire space in each rafter bay could be filled with cellulose Otherwise there would be gaps where excess heat could enter in the summer or be lost in the winter. This is how it looked after I swept and vacuumed up all the insulation dust.
The drywalling was an incredible thing to behold. Each sheet was 4 # 12 - not the weeny 4X8 sheets I'd worked with. They lifted them into place,
The drywall was screwed onto the rafters.
The drywall was screwed onto the rafters.
Cutting Holes for Ceiling Lights
Cutting holes precisely at each ceiling light required skill.
