Choose your insulation type.
How to put insulation in your attic.
While wearing dust mask and gloves carry r 38 batts of unfaced fiberglass insulation into the attic.
Installing a vapor barrier.
So if you re installing insulation in an attic that doesn t have any used faced insulation and put the paper side down toward the ceiling.
Before installing determine the insulation material best suited for your home.
Block all vents in the attic floor with baffles making sure to extend the baffles at least four inches above the planned thickness of your insulation.
Pull back the existing insulation and use expanding spray foam the fire blocking type to seal any.
You can add loose fill on top of fiberglass batts or blankets and vice versa.
Check pipes and vents.
Place planks 1 by 6 or 1 by 8 or plywood sheaths across floor joists to improve.
3 have a friend add material to the hopper.
Position the new vent chute so the.
How to insulate an unfinished attic preparing an attic for insulation.
Calculate how much you need.
Blown in insulation in the attic seal attic bypasses.
Batts and blankets insulation often comes with a vapor retardant facing and some varieties.
Pull the existing insulation away from the roof.
If you use fiberglass over loose fill make sure the fiberglass batt has no paper or foil backing.
Lay the batts across the ceiling joists covering the existing insulation.
Install or repair vent chutes.
When adding additional insulation you do not have to use the same type of insulation that currently exists in your attic.
It needs to be unfaced.