30 Year Old Attic Insulation

Depending on the type it could be dangerous to your health damaged or simply too old to be as effective as modern insulation.

30 year old attic insulation.

One of the most common materials containing asbestos fibers is attic and wall insulation. But it s an expensive undertaking providers say materials and labor to install cellulose to the recommended r value can range from 90 cents to 1 50 per square foot depending on prep work and existing. Type and material of your insulation. 10410 robins nest lane gloucester va 23061.

The main factors that impact the cost are. We have fixing to have r 38 installed. Square footage of your attic. The higher the r value the more effective the insulation.

We have 30 year old insulation in the attic. You can add r 30 insulation batting throughout your attic. Also the house was tested and we had 50 duct leakage with some bad odor mold in the ducts. Should they remove the old insulation first to make sure the value is consistently r 38.

An r value of 49 may be recommended for cold weather areas of the country such as the northeast or northern midwest. According to home advisor insulating your attic can cost between 1700 to 2100. When preparing for renovations of older homes you will likely encounter old insulation. It is r 19.

It s becoming commonplace to remove old insulation to allow better air sealing of openings into the attic arick says. For a greener insulation project cellulose blown in insulation is available. For most attics energy star recommends an r value of r 38 which is about 12 to 15 inches of padding. I don t know if i have made a bad mistake.

A 15 inch thickness is like the r 30 insulation batting. Contractor or insulation installer s fee. But just because your insulation is old doesn t mean it is dangerous. Or you can also use blown in insulation which has environment friendly materials available.

Most attics are insulated with blown in loose cellulose r 3 5 per inch blown in loose fiberglass r 2 5 per inch or fiberglass batts r 3 2 per inch. No one at lowe s thought there was anything wrong with this. My 30 year old 2 story house had original blown in attic insulation. About 4 years ago i put in wrapped batt insulation over it.

In older homes specifically asbestos may be found in many different materials from pipe insulation to flooring adhesive to roof shingles. Fiberglass is just that thin fibers of glass that trap air.