We stopped at the cottage for our annual family Christmas picture today. Our neighbor, Ben, was there to operate the camera while 7 adults and 2 toddlers wiggled and twisted and made odd faces for 10 minutes. Fortunately we had our son's HD video camera which makes 30 digital pictures per second. Somewhere in those thousands of frames, there has to be a picture worthy of our Christmas card.
While we were there, the guys putting in the insulation were there. We took a quick tour of the house with our son and daughter-in-law who are visiting from San Francisco. The insulation work was quite impressive. Lou from Pine Building had said that they were going to use blown in cellulose instead of fiberglass rolls wherever possible. Apparently, the cellulose offers much better insulation in the walls because it totally fills in the space between the wall studs.
Here are some views:
The fireplace will be done later. I'm guessing that because it is a high heat source that code will require fiberglass... just guessing.
Notice how well the insulation surrounds the heating ducts and electrical outlets. This would be difficult or impossible with fiberglass rolls.
All of the windows and doors have expandable foam squirted around the edges instead of some pieces of fiberglass jammed in like the company did that put in replacement windows in our old place.
These baffles at the base of the roof allow cooler outside air to rise along the inside of the roof and out the ridge vents when the attic heats up in the summer. They keep a space between the insulation and the roof.
On a separate note... one of the guys installing the insulation told us that the sump pump pipe had separated and water was being pumped to the top of the foundation wall and onto the bond... the 2x6 board that sits on top of the wall. My youngest son and I went into the basement and saw that the pipe leading to the outside was no longer connected to the pipe connected to the sump pump. My son went outside and pushed the pipe toward the house while I aligned the connector in the basement. We were able to wedge the pipes together so that the water flowed back outside.
Hopefully the water did not affect too much of the insulation in that corner. I'm guessing that it did not because it seemed limited to the area under the floor... the joists. Anyway, it was a minor problem that was remedied quickly due to Dana's people who spoke up about the problem... even if it wasn't theirs.
What a great, sunny day for November. 60s and sunny.
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