Cellulose insulation / Discussions

...cellulose fibre blown in when built. The moisture barrier is properly installed and not modified. I got a bit of leakage in the spring through my master bathroom ceiling.  I have a 6/12 pitch roof with gables at front and back. The buiding code where I live was changed a few years back and does not allow vented soffits...

...insulation blown in the walls, evidenced by the plugged holes in the wood siding between each set of studs.  All I know is about it is that it was done at least 15 years ago. Now that I am looking to add or replace insulation, in my research I saw on your site that cellulose is preferred over foam (which makes sense). ...

...cellulose insulation, and with that comes an entire new set of costs – cellulose installers have to cut holes, then you have to repair them all. Whereas, you’re already incurring all the costs of exterior demolition and installing rigid insulation, so if you went an additional inch or two thicker, you would get far gre...

...insulation. Located in Calgary. Right now there is cellulose almost up to the joists, and under that is a paper backed (both sides) layer of old fiberglass it looks like (it's black). So it could use a lot more. I had one company come look at it and they wanted to vacuum it all out, spray foam for a vapour barrier, and...

...insulation to be compliant with Canadian Building Code.  And worth a mention while we’re on the topic - there has been a pretty big innovation in the injected cellulose industry that makes the netting unnecessary at this point. There are new cellulose guns on the market that suck in air as they inject the cellulose, so...