Cellulose / Discussions

How about hurricane, flooding and heat resistant kit homes?  You can see our prefab modular kit houses available across Canada and the US here There has been a lot of demand for houses and we are currently talking to prefab manufacturing companies across the US to increase distribution, When are you building? We are al...

We bought a home that had been recently remodelled - everything about the interior is to our liking. However, we firmly believe the insulation is inadequate. We have been told that blown-in insulation only works for empty walls - our walls have insulation but it does not seem to be enough. Is insulating from the outsid...

...cellulose overtop of fiberglass insulation is no problem, but you need to be very careful about how much insulation you blow in, and make sure don’t block your ventilation openings through the soffits. Check this page first about roof ventilation – Why roofs need to be ventilated and how to ventilate a roof properly So...

I am interested in passive/net zero home (prefab/modular).   You can see all of our LEED and Passive House ready kit houses on this page here, and yes, they are available in the Eastern US seaboard, how soon are you building? There has been a lot of demand and our manufacturers are booked up until at least next summer....

in southern ontario If you go onto pages of any individual models of prefab kit houses for sale and in your case the S1600,  you will see a tab to request a quote. I know that demand is pretty high at the moment, how soon were you looking to build?    

...cellulose to achieve R-14.  The exterior wall is plank sheathing with paper wrap, followed by shingles, then 1/2 celotex foam board and vinyl siding installed in the 1980's.  No rot or leakage is visible from the inside.  My question is if I install a poly barrier over the cellulose on the inside under the drywall,  wi...

I am mounting larsen trusses outboard of my structural 2 x 4 framing. i read an article that was spacing TJIs at 4' oc and ws wondering how big a cavity can be efectively dense packed?    Larsen trusses with cellulose insulation on the exterior of walls is an excellent way to insulate an older home or a brand new home,...

...cellulose. The exterior sheathing boards are1x's. I’ve done thermal scans of the walls. There doesn’t seem to be excessive settling of the cellulose. I’ve checked the attic in the winter and there was no excess moisture. When you say, strip the walls, install a plywood sheathing. Do you mean to strip off the sheathing ...

...cellulose insulation, moisture would migrate thought the wall in winter, be unable to leave due to the poly, and it would rot.  Here is a page on exterior house insulation that will explain, including how Larsen trusses and cellulose were used on a Passive House. How to insulate the exterior walls of old homes and not ...

...cellulose. Thing is, the yard also proposed local sawn 2x4's which are cheaper than the CLS but I don't know whether these are going to be ok for framing as they seem pretty green? What does anyone think? (Great website BTW) You went to a lumber yard for help choosing the right wood for framing and they suggested frami...

...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 there is no longer a massive storm of cellulose particles that need to be contained, and no longer a worry of blowing out the staples holding the membranes to...

...cellulose insulation added decades ago between the studs, but as per usual the cellulose has settled and there are big gaps at the top. As part of an extensive home renovation we have decided to strip the walls inside and out, keep the structure but add insulation to the inside but also the outside of the walls so we d...