December 10, 2007
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A fun weekend it was not. This weekend-from-hell all began as I was driving home on Friday and noticed that all of the snow was melted off the back part of the house. I found this peculiar because the melted part is on the north side of the house and should be the last thing that melts. What happened next is explained in my previous post; this post is about the rest of the story.
The arrow above points to the ceiling of the dining room, I am sitting over the kitchen, notice the lack of snowy white insulation. Also of note is that there is no insulation in the space on the left-hand side of the photo, nor is there much insulation directly in front of me, the contractor is a dork.
Naturally, I could not fit through the small hole leading out to the dining room ceiling so I was forced to buy four bales of blow-in insulation then rent a machine to blow the insulation in. Since my weekend already sucked, as explained in my previous post, it probably won’t surprise anyone that the insulation blowing device only blows insulation 2 to 3 feet so the entire area still isn’t properly insulated. The important thing is, the insulation is in 3 or 4 large piles inside the space so I began thinking about how I might spread it around. Then it hit me. I can improvise a tool using the plastic part of a leaf rake and the 12-foot telescopic painting pole I have which will enable me to push the insulation around from a distance. One does not have to be a rocket surgeon to know that this chore is also going to suck.
On the upside, I was able to distribute enough insulation that the house is noticably warmer! I would really be pissed if I went through all this and realized no positive result and I am so happy that the effort was not in vain.
Now, there is an ice storm raging outside. I’m thrilled, as you can imagine. I will have to walk the dogs tomorrow so right now, I’m going to get out my planner and in the space for Tuesday, I’m going to write, “fall and break my ass” because that will surely happen. At least if it’s in my planner, I won’t be surprised.
Comments (5)
You are proving to be the MacGyver of home improvement. Be sure to wear extra padding on Tuesday.
Glad you got that done and are warmer. Of course, here in VA, it is supposed to hit 78 tomorrow. Winter sure is screwy this year.
And really, what’s wrong with calling your tiny little friend Tubby to help you with this stuff. I coulda fit through that hole!
Actually…probably not. You’re not that much bigger around than I am.
BTW, I saw Cassius Longmont today. His lovely wife is pregnant. He seems to be doing well.
Tubby
I’m glad I kept reading…from the picture, I thought that was snow in the attic, not insulation! Whew! Sorry you’re having such a bad time though. Hopefully you did not fall and break your ass on Tuesday…that could really put a damper on the holiday season!
Well at least you got a plan.
I had an ‘ice melt in the pantyhose’ weekend from hell once, was going good chucking them up on the north side to melt the ice dam up there until,,,,,,
forgot about the skylight