Insulating your attic

The simplicity of blown-in-insulation. Being I was a contractor for many years sub-contracting through New York State Department of Energy, we did a lot of blown-in-insulation basically its yesterdays newspaper shredded up, washed and a fire retardant added to it and voila! You have blown-in-cellulose insulation. Don't let it seem hard if you want to add insulation to a normal crawl in hatch style attic in your ceiling. Most of your home improvement stores like home depot and Lowe's if you buy ten bags they let you have the insulation machine for the day to blow it in. Your average attic in New York State should have at least and R-40 value of insulation. This is approximately 12 inches thick of blown-n-insulation. The chart is on the side of the bag to determine how many bags you want for what size area. To determine your area just measure length times width of your attic. This will give you the square footage that you need to figure out how many bags you need to buy. So to re-cap you need a couple of dust mask, a flood light to see in your attic, step ladder to get in your attic if needed, your bags, and the machine. At least two people required. COMING SOON! I'll teach you how to insulate your walls if empty with insulation.