How To Hold Back The Attic Insualtion

Batts and blankets insulation often comes with a vapor retardant facing and some varieties.

How to hold back the attic insualtion.

Believe it or not there are situations in a home when you should remove the old attic insulation before adding more over the existing and in this short video. Fit the insulation into the framing cavity starting at the top for walls or at one end for ceilings floors roofs. Choose your insulation type. Installing a vapor barrier.

Cut along the edge of the square with a utility knife cutting through the insulation material and the paper facing. To make it easy to eyeball how level the material is as you blow it in screw depth guides to joists throughout the space. Fasten blocking around the hatch or door to allow the material to be installed around this area without escaping. Cardboard or thin plastic baffles allow the air to flow into the attic yet serve as a dam to hold blow in insulation in the attic.

Set a t square or metal straightedge over the insulation and press it down firmly. To install insulation. Calculate how much you need. Make sure the fill s depth is uniform across the attic.

Then to really seal the attic access up tight says olson lay fiberglass batt insulation on the inside of the hatch or door and wrap it up tight like a christmas present photo 3. To keep the blown in insulation from falling through the attic hatch opening make a 2x12 dam around the hatch perimeter. Check pipes and vents. Before installing determine the insulation material best suited for your home.