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Each evening I work at the new apartment, when I drive back to the rented apartment, nearly the last thing I see before I get there is the time and temperature sign on a bank a few blocks away. Tonight, on the 11th of December, the sign showed 60 degrees! Who would have thunk it?
Today we got the insulation finished in the apartment walls (except for one section in the bathroom that still needs a support for the shower). Here's what a typical wall looks like full of cellulose behind sections of billboard tarps:
For those interested in more detail, there's another picture below. For the rest of you who have better things to do, that's all for now.
Since cellulose tends to compress over time, I have left the top of each section of the exterior walls accessible from the attic so more can be added if needed. Each section is covered by the tarp which runs up the wall and is stapled to the outside of the 2X10 which supports the roof trusses. Then it is pulled over the cellulose and held in place by the pressure of a small section of foam insulation board. Here's what that looks like:
From the top, you can see the roof sheets, the insulated board section, the tarp at the top of the wall cavity and the 2X10 that supports the trusses. Also, to the right, you can see one of the plates that are used to construct the trusses.
After the ceiling drywall is installed, the insulated boards will be removed to allow air to flow freely through the eaves and out the top of the attic. Before then I'll staple vent chutes to the roof so that the blown-in cellulose will not flow over the top of the wall to the outside. I don't know how I'll hold the tarp over the top after the insulated board is removed, but we'll figure it out.
