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How do I work around insulation in attic. JOHN D 07-20-2005
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Posted by PipeDown on July 21, 2005, 8:12 pm


I was up in my attic again this morning and I have one more important piece
of advice.

Put lanyards or something on all the tools you bring up. I just lost my
second pair of wire cutters in that cellulose snow bank of an attic of mine.
Watch where you put your tools or you'll be digging in the stuff for hours
looking for it. (now I need to bring up a metal detector)

BTW, you can put insulation up against recessed lights if you buy the IC
type. I used H7ICAT from halo and they are pretty universal and cheap.

Outragous chimney setup you have, must have been operable at some point,
maybe they removed the top portion during a reroof or abandoned it due to
the expense of reapir or something like that.




> There's a lotta things I want/need do in the attic..
> The previous owner removed or never installed the chimney pipes for the
> wood
> burning fireplace. The pipes go into the attic but not out through the
> roof.
> I need to fix that. Needless to say ,We don't can't, never did, use the
> fireplace. As it is it's must be one helluva code violation.
> I want to add 1 or 2 elect circuits to the kitchen.
> I have some quiet vent fans for the bathrooms. Looking into the attic, I
> can't see any vent pipes comeing form the existing vent fans. I need to
> add a vent fan for the laundry room.
> From time to time I want to run some new TV & Ham radio antenna, phone,
> network, allarm cables.
> Some day I want to remodel the master bath which would require some new
> plumbing vent connections in the attic.
>
>




Posted by PipeDown on July 20, 2005, 5:40 pm



>I need to do some work in my attic. There's nothing but the joists to walk
> on and everything is covered with at least a foot of loose fill
> insulation.
> Do I have to just push the insulation out of the way or build something
> over
> it or what.
>
>

I have the same mess but I can't walk, crawling is the best I get. My
insulation is only an inch or two over the joists.

I pushed it back and laid a few long slats of plywood (1.5'x8' scraps I had)
over the joists to give me more surface to move around on.

Get a good respirator, those little hospital masks are useless when that
stuff is wafting around.

In addition to spreading the stiff back out, I have at least 10 large hefty
bags of the stuff I removed from some exterior walls I plan to add on top.
The walls will get standard fiberglass batts later.

If you have to go up multiple times and are designing whatever you are
doiung at the same time, take a digital camera or video camera up with you
and make a good recording. It will save a few exploratory trips later when
you need to know how something is put together. I did the same with my
crawlspace too.




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