I had to take a sick day today. I actually started to work but couldn't maintain it. Intestinal issues were bad enough. Then I got a headache and nausea. On top of that, I pulled my right taprezius muscle and could barely type. Think I would be throwing up if I had anything left in my stomach.
Rare thing for me to take a sick day. Maybe once every 2-3 years, if that. Been known to use sick days more often for vehicle problems.
The good thing is that I have sick days on this job. Better than most of my jobs in the last ten years, which did not offer any sick time off at all.
Took some Ibuprofen and Naprosyn for pain and inflammation. Shoulder is feeling better.
If I feel up to it, I may go get insulation and a blower.
Looks like the insulation is going to be a much, much bigger expense than I estimated. I thought the blown in insulation expanded a lot more than it apparently does out of the bag. End result is that multiple calculators say I will need somewhere north of 100 bags of cellulose insulation to achieve the insulation goal of R60. I was counting on a lot less than that. Oh, well. Guess that means I'll have to do insulation in stages. I can put off the bedroom. Most of the bathroom is insulated and I can cut more of the ceiling there and force in more of the insulation I have. For the living room and kitchen, the biggest problem areas, I can blow in insulation to a lower R level for now. That would add some comfort. Leave the holes open, maybe tape the plugs in place. Then add more insulation later. Seal the holes when I reach the maximum insulation level.
Turns out Home Depot does not (at least any more) offer free use of the blower with a certain number of bags of insulation. Only Lowes does that. And then you have to buy 20 bags of insulation. Can't afford that right now.
Every review I've read states how excessively dusty the process is. However, they were all also referring to blowing into an attic you can walk in. No reviews for the method I am using. Everything also says how it is a 2 person job. I saw a video of the process and it turns out you can dump the whole bag into the hopper at once (one job) while another person handles the hose (second job). They also refer to keeping the machine outside and running the hose into the house because of the noise level. I can manage it myself with ear plugs (and a dust mask and goggles) with the machine inside.
Because it probably will be really dusty, I'm better off doing it while daughter is not here. Too much risk with her asthma.
I know the process in this way will result in uneven insulation for a time. Better than the no insulation I have now.
Rare thing for me to take a sick day. Maybe once every 2-3 years, if that. Been known to use sick days more often for vehicle problems.
The good thing is that I have sick days on this job. Better than most of my jobs in the last ten years, which did not offer any sick time off at all.
Took some Ibuprofen and Naprosyn for pain and inflammation. Shoulder is feeling better.
If I feel up to it, I may go get insulation and a blower.
Looks like the insulation is going to be a much, much bigger expense than I estimated. I thought the blown in insulation expanded a lot more than it apparently does out of the bag. End result is that multiple calculators say I will need somewhere north of 100 bags of cellulose insulation to achieve the insulation goal of R60. I was counting on a lot less than that. Oh, well. Guess that means I'll have to do insulation in stages. I can put off the bedroom. Most of the bathroom is insulated and I can cut more of the ceiling there and force in more of the insulation I have. For the living room and kitchen, the biggest problem areas, I can blow in insulation to a lower R level for now. That would add some comfort. Leave the holes open, maybe tape the plugs in place. Then add more insulation later. Seal the holes when I reach the maximum insulation level.
Turns out Home Depot does not (at least any more) offer free use of the blower with a certain number of bags of insulation. Only Lowes does that. And then you have to buy 20 bags of insulation. Can't afford that right now.
Every review I've read states how excessively dusty the process is. However, they were all also referring to blowing into an attic you can walk in. No reviews for the method I am using. Everything also says how it is a 2 person job. I saw a video of the process and it turns out you can dump the whole bag into the hopper at once (one job) while another person handles the hose (second job). They also refer to keeping the machine outside and running the hose into the house because of the noise level. I can manage it myself with ear plugs (and a dust mask and goggles) with the machine inside.
Because it probably will be really dusty, I'm better off doing it while daughter is not here. Too much risk with her asthma.
I know the process in this way will result in uneven insulation for a time. Better than the no insulation I have now.
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