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General Category => Discontempt => Topic started by: Tru on September 21, 2009, 03:09:04 AM
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Got any tips on how to deal with installing blown insulation when no blower is available?
Got any homebrew ideas?
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Vacuum cleaner in reverse? or a leaf blower?
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Just buy 3 pigs.
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Get your insulatoin at lowes. Cant speakfor NorCal but here if you buy 100 bucks of material they loan you the blower.
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I found out Home Depot loans the blower if you buy 20 + bales. Lowes here has no such deal, it's $250 a day for the blower with them.
But Home depot was completely out of loose fill so it's a moot point.
Bottom line is I'm waiting on custom fabricated windows and needed to get something done in the meantime.
So over the last two days I have crumbled by hand and thrown (using a dust pan and a rake) 16 bales of insulation.
I know it isn't fluffed as well as it could be buy hey, I got the job done! I need to do a few more bales to finish up the last but first I have some fixtures to install in the bare area first.
The shit actually looks pretty good!
What a pain in the ass though. You might find this hard to believe but I actually saved the original blown shit when I took the old drywall out an what I saved did half the house when I put it back up.
I think I asked for ideas on raising celling drywall sans a drywall jack a while back but you never responded. I ended up raising all of the ceiling panels using hooks and ropes.
It worked great though and allowed me to work alone and at my own pace which is what I always try to strive for.
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Sorry I missed that one. Hanging ceiling without a jack is no fun. I've used deadmen (a 2x4 with a crosspiece on one end) but that ony holds it up there, does't get it up there.
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I thought of - celing, no jack, one man - turns my stomach.
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I thought of - celing, no jack, one man - turns my stomach.
yeah is was quite a challenge. I used big S hooks and some nicely compliant rope. Screwed the S hiooks to the rafters and looped the rope under the panels
It worked out really well. Once I had pulled all of the slack out of the line I stood small pieces of 2x4 between the panel and the rope. This helped to push the panel up against the rafters and hold it in place whilst the screwing commenced.
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It worked out really well. Once I had pulled all of the slack out of the line I stood small pieces of 2x4 between the panel and the rope. This helped to push the panel up against the rafters and hold it in place whilst the screwing commenced.
I read a story online once that started off kind of like this.
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I starred in a video once that started off kind of like this.
FIXED.
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hahahaha ...
It's scary; we all think kind of alike ...
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It's scary; we all think kind of alike ...
And we all want what?
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ummmm happy hour at a bar that serves Guinness or at least a high quality porter?
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It worked out really well. Once I had pulled all of the slack out of the line I stood small pieces of 2x4 between the panel and the rope. This helped to push the panel up against the rafters and hold it in place whilst the screwing commenced.
I read a story online once that started off kind of like this.
The handy man. Been there done that. the milfs love me.
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ummmm happy hour at a bar that serves Guinness or at least a high quality porter?
Too bad you're not coming down!
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I didn't know you were a MILF, Lucas ...
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It worked out really well. Once I had pulled all of the slack out of the line I stood small pieces of 2x4 between the panel and the rope. This helped to push the panel up against the rafters and hold it in place whilst the screwing commenced.
I read a story online once that started off kind of like this.
The handy man. Been there done that. the milfs love me.
I guess I'm less perverted or something. I was thinking about that story with the guy and the bucket of bricks etc.
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Mythbusters ftw !