Dense packed cellulose walls / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...walls, a type that was subsequently banned for containing carcinogens. No one could prove the foam was the cause of her cancer specifically, but even as a child I could make the link. After she died, the company sucked the foam back out of the house at its own expense. It’s a wonder, then, that I craved walls with the ...

...dense-pack cellulose insulation. A 1-1/2” service cavity inside is capped with drywall, while the exterior is sheathed with 1-1/2” fibreboard, double furring and vertical hemlock siding for a total of R-69. The roof’s raised-heel trusses are filled with 30” of dense-pack cellulose (R-100). An “intelligent” membrane act...

...walls.  A quick look at an dDense-packed cellulose insulation installation in progress: The biggest weakness for dense-blown cellulose is the lack of understanding of its qualities and effectiveness. For example Ontario Building Code has only a short section stating that dense-blown cellulose meets code, Section 9.25....