OT: Home insulation installer

Wesson Bulldog

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Anybody on here work in the blown-in insulation business near Brookhaven? I am in the market.
 

stateu1

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Don't know how frisky you want to get, but you can rent a blower from Home Depot and buy the insulation. We did it at a hunting camp several years ago. DO NOT recommend trying in August.
 

aTotal360

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I assume since your in MS it will be attic only. Be careful with spray in (especially foam) at ground level, below ground level (basements), or roof deck/rafters. While it's very effective, it can hide termite infestations and roof leaks. It can also be make it hard to get a termite bond on your property and make it hard to get a termite clearence letter when you go to sell. Supposedly there is infrared scanners that can detect live colonies, but old damage may never be found.
 
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The Peeper

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From about the time I was 15 until 18 or 19 I worked for an insulation company, we only blew cellulose in attics. Worst job EV-ER but paid extremely well. It was for a friends uncle and he paid us cash and worked with our baseball/football practice scheduling so it worked out ok. Attics are the hottest place on the planet in summer and coldest in winter. Probably going to have cancer one day because we wore paper filter masks but we could literally blow our nose and watch wads of snotty cellulose nugs fly out. The "cellulose" was just ground up and fluffed newspapers and magazines BUT treated with a fire retardant chemical. If anybody ever questioned the insulating value or the fire retardant factor the owner would grab a hand full of the insulation and lay a penny on top of the hand full of insulation. He would then light a propane torch and melt the penny while it sat there in the palm of his hand with a flame on it and the insulation . The insulation would not catch fire and his hand never burned, it always closed the sale to do that.
 

Wesson Bulldog

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I assume since your in MS it will be attic only. Be careful with spray in (especially foam) at ground level, below ground level (basements), or roof deck/rafters. While it's very effective, it can hide termite infestations and roof leaks. It can also be make it hard to get a termite bond on your property and make it hard to get a termite clearence letter when you go to sell. Supposedly there is infrared scanners that can detect live colonies, but old damage may never be found.
No spray foam, just blown insulation.
 
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Wesson Bulldog

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I'll re-phrase: Is Renfrow still a viable company with a solid reputation? That's about all I see on a search.
 
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