Over the Christmas break Ryan and Jim did some fluffy work up in our attic and re-insulated the whole thing. Let me begin by saying, this is one of the best things we’ve done to the house yet. It. Is. Fabulous! Literally the next day the house felt warmer, the temperature was much more consistent throughout and we noticed the air kicking on less. Now granted, I didn’t really help with any of the actual laying of insulation – but I think I can safely say this DIY project was totally worth it.
We started with 40 rolls of insulation (this took several trips to and from Lowe’s with both of our cars). Luckily, the supplies (insulation, exacto knives and some face masks) were our only cost for this project – compared to the bid we got we saved about $600 by doing it ourselves.
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| The puppies were ready to help too! |
They had to pull up the existing plywood to lay the new insulation down. Ryan researched and found out that it is fine to just lay it over the remnants of insulation that was left from when the house was built – over 60 years ago, no wonder our room was always so cold!
We ran into a little snag when we realized that the huge nails they were re-attaching the plywood with were shaking the beams so much that the sheetrock in the ceiling was pulling loose…
Once I pointed this out, they went back to some smaller nails and we only have a few minor ceiling holes that we need to repair now. Look how cozy our attic looks now…
Wow y'all need your own show on HGTV!
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