The Right Column
Heart Thaws

Valley
Crawl Space
activity
Insulation
   I don't like the crawl 
space place but I could
store books there
that I will never
need to read but
if I want to read
then they will be
in the crawl space
out of reach
not easily usable.

So I'm going to 
insulate that space.
I've thought a long
time about how to
do it.  It will be
in small increments 
that I do the work.

First I'm putting in
styrofoam venting ducts.
Next it will be using 
pieces of styrofoam
to end cap the ceiling
rafters as they
butt against the edge
of the roof.  
I figure that I'll
think about it some
more.  However, I 
believe that next 
I want to insulate the
inner walls.  I didn't
think I would, but it
isn't that much more
work to get a 
better  seal on the
rooms.  I am hoping
to get a good increase
in effciency.  
I don't like to have
a cold house
or a hot house.
I like it middle.

I've got the masks.
I've got the ear
protectors for when
I use the shop vac.
I've got plastic 
bags to fill up with
old material.
It all needs to go
into the trash.
I double wrap the stuff
and dispose of it
legaly.

What is the verdict
on if it is better
to just leave in 
the old crudy 
insulation?
I say that it is
best to remove
the old
if it is black
with mold.
You can't get it all.
It's stuck up and
in the walls.
It isn't really
mold, but age.

There were two 
separate types
on insulation in
the walls.  
I don't believe 
the old insulation
does much good.

It's going away.
I'll bag it and
dispose of it.
And have it out
of my life
like those old
fines that people
forget to pay,
they gotta pay them
eventually or else
it adds up over time.

But if you don't 
know about them?

April 13, 2010