Cellulose insulation vs fiberglass roll out insulation? costs effieciency of two? I blew in cellulose in my attice minimum of 10 inches and its costs me about 1600 i believeCo-workers constantly tell me that i should have put fiberglass insulationI didnt want to deal with all the itching and crawling in tight spaces so i just went with blow in celluloseHow much better could i be off if i would have went with fiberglass?
I would get a qualified electrical engineer to take a look because you can't see areas that are not exposed, and it sounds to me that your house might need rewiring for your own safety and also to meet regulations.
Ken_ray, you, of course, are free to do as you please about your own property, as long as you don't get the gov'tinvolved, but I live in a house built in 1904 and it has quite a bit of ball and tube wiring that we use every dayAs long as you don't overload those circuits, they will, most likely, serve you well for many years to comeHowever, if you're like a large portion of folks nowadays, who have to have every possible whistle and bell on every appliance they can find to add more and more load to our power supplies, then you might want to consider a complete upgrade, to a bigger panel and normal, CODE SAFE wiringIf it were mine, I'd find the breaker associated with that circuit, shut it down, strip off some insulation a ways back on both ends and install a new piece of 12 in between the two ends with a couple of good wire nuts, tape them up and call it goodIt is, of course, as I said earlier, your call.
No No NoYou did just excellentIn the attic you do not want any gaps in your insulationIt is too difficult to fit the fiberglass insulation in every crackThe blow in kind is time and cost effective and fills all the gaps.Saves falling thru the drywall or pushing too hard and making cracks in the ceilingStay out of the attic and keep your insulation fluffy up thereits looses its R value when compressed.
