This is great! We have never owned a two story house and spending our first winter there, the floors above the garage are like walking on ice! We had the contractors who did the insulation tell us it has insulation, but I am confident it’s exactly what you showed here, there is a huge gap between if there is any at all! I”m working with a company down here in NC to come out and get us an estimate. Thanks for this awesome video!
You're welcome and I'm glad that you saw this and that it makes sense. This is EVERY garage ceiling in Pittsburgh, even in homes built last year...ugh. A word of warning though. My brother had this problem in his Atlanta home. I talked to three insulation companies there about the process that we use for dense packing them with cellulose insulation (could also use blown fiberglass but it's likely more expensive and possibly not as effective as it's packed typically at a much lower density which impedes air flow less). The companies I talked to had NO IDEA how to implement our solution. If you watch the video to the end you'll see the equipment needed for this. An insulation blower with an air lock for developing high pressure. Good luck to you! Andy
Thank you for commenting! Sometimes this happens, but it is usually minimal. Where it tends to occur is around supply and return duct registers that are over top of or adjacent to the garage ceiling. If this does happen a bit of cellulose dust will usually "puff out" in the area around the floor register, but that's about it. However, it is ironically a good sign to see this. It means that this register had gaps around it that were allowing cold air to penetrate into the rooms above. Dense pack cellulose insulation permanently seals these gaps, but sometimes you'll get a bit of dust in the home where the air leaks got sealed. If it does occur, it vacuums up in a matter of seconds, and the only smell is a faint newspaper smell. There is nothing toxic about it whatsoever. Thanks! Andy
Sorry for the delay. In order to generate enough force to dense pack cellulose insulation the machine needs to have a feature called an air lock. Companies like Force One and Cool Machines make small, portable machines with this feature that will do the job just fine. However, most of the machines at the box stores feature an under powered at best blower mechanism. These machines are only good for open blows in attic. You'll also need a fill tube that's about 1.5-2" inches in diameter and about 10ft long. I've never seen these rented before. The injection nozzle method that some outfits still use is a BS method. Dense packing is a real skill and requires specific equipment. If you have other questions let me know. Thanks! Andy
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This is great! We have never owned a two story house and spending our first winter there, the floors above the garage are like walking on ice! We had the contractors who did the insulation tell us it has insulation, but I am confident it’s exactly what you showed here, there is a huge gap between if there is any at all! I”m working with a company down here in NC to come out and get us an estimate. Thanks for this awesome video!
You're welcome and I'm glad that you saw this and that it makes sense. This is EVERY garage ceiling in Pittsburgh, even in homes built last year...ugh. A word of warning though. My brother had this problem in his Atlanta home. I talked to three insulation companies there about the process that we use for dense packing them with cellulose insulation (could also use blown fiberglass but it's likely more expensive and possibly not as effective as it's packed typically at a much lower density which impedes air flow less).
The companies I talked to had NO IDEA how to implement our solution. If you watch the video to the end you'll see the equipment needed for this. An insulation blower with an air lock for developing high pressure. Good luck to you!
Andy
If filling the ceiling of the garage, do dust or fumes come through the floor above?
Thank you for commenting! Sometimes this happens, but it is usually minimal. Where it tends to occur is around supply and return duct registers that are over top of or adjacent to the garage ceiling. If this does happen a bit of cellulose dust will usually "puff out" in the area around the floor register, but that's about it. However, it is ironically a good sign to see this. It means that this register had gaps around it that were allowing cold air to penetrate into the rooms above. Dense pack cellulose insulation permanently seals these gaps, but sometimes you'll get a bit of dust in the home where the air leaks got sealed.
If it does occur, it vacuums up in a matter of seconds, and the only smell is a faint newspaper smell. There is nothing toxic about it whatsoever.
Thanks!
Andy
Will the machine you get from Home Depot have the power necessary to pack the celluse adequately?
Sorry for the delay. In order to generate enough force to dense pack cellulose insulation the machine needs to have a feature called an air lock. Companies like Force One and Cool Machines make small, portable machines with this feature that will do the job just fine. However, most of the machines at the box stores feature an under powered at best blower mechanism. These machines are only good for open blows in attic. You'll also need a fill tube that's about 1.5-2" inches in diameter and about 10ft long. I've never seen these rented before. The injection nozzle method that some outfits still use is a BS method. Dense packing is a real skill and requires specific equipment. If you have other questions let me know. Thanks!
Andy
Thank you for replying.