Wrapping a tyvex suit or large clean white cloth around the hose where ever the hose may rub against the house is advised.
How to blow attic with celluose.
And you can blow it right over top of existing insulation no problem.
The three most common types of blown in insulation are loose fill fiberglass cellulose and rock wool each with its own pros and cons.
First of all cellulose blown in insulation is on the top for attic insulation.
For the center areas hold the hose level and blow in insulation evenly until you ve reached your level lines photo 6.
The installation process for dry cellulose insulation looks like this.
The rest of the process is kind of interesting.
Densely packed bales of cellulose are fed into the hopper of an insulation blower powered by an electric motor.
Before application it s processed using various resistive substances e g.
There are three types of blown in insulation.
The cellulose is blown into the attic or walls through long flexible tubes that.
Protect the corners of your hose from the vacuum hose.
Cover the floor and walls leading to the attic with plastic and run the vacuum hose up into the attic.
It s a combination of woody constituents like cardboard newspapers etc.
Then pivot in place and do the same thing to the other side.
Blow in insulation until the hopper is empty.
Rotating teeth or prongs at the.
Move across the attic until you ve hit your desired height at every point.
Two people can do this really quickly you can probably fill your attic with about r19 for less than 300.