Blown In Insulation Existing Walls

Insulation in house exterior walls is one of the primary defenses against heat and energy loss.
Blown in insulation existing walls. Blow in blanket system bibs is the trademarked name for a patented new construction method of insulating walls with blower injected insulation that can be used for either open or closed walls. The following article will show you how to install this type of insulation into existing walls without removing drywall blowing cellulose fibers between the studs. The hole is then. So if your house was built before insulating walls became standard you can potentially save a great deal of energy by insulating.
To install blown in insulation in existing walls holes are drilled at the top of each stud space usually on the exterior and material is blown in via a long flexible hose. Removing the wallcovering to insulate the wall cavity just isn t cost effective. Unfortunately however builders didn t insulate the walls of most homes built before the 1980s. On open walls a fabric sheath is attached to studs providing a type of cage that contains blown in fiberglass not cellulose insulation in pellets.