Blown fiberglass insulation - with caution

This is a family in Florida, the fragile glass fiber that has been exposed to a serious health problem caused for the family. The woman, who have given birth and wanted to get a feeling of itching on the skin that covered them and other members of the family. The family of five experts from a number of eyes, ears, skin and respiratory tract. Was also complaining about a lot of particles of white dust on the furniture and personal items.

Six months beforeThis time, the family has had a licensed contractor to blow insulation into additional insulation on their existing Builder batting insulation installed. They wanted to save money on electricity bills and thought this was going the right way. Moreover, the power company has in place, giving them an incentive to increase the allocation of an R-value of insulation in the house. Sounds good, is not true. Well this is just the beginning of a nightmare for this family.

We were headinghas discovered a Indoor Air Quality investigation and who had the old style lighting system recessed in the ceiling. There were about 20 of these devices. The problem with the old style lighting was: there were four slots on the side of the attic, which can dissipate the heat of the lights. These slits were 3 / 8 "X 2" long. This represents about a 2 "+ hole in the ceiling for each site. Multiply this with 20 lamps and receive a 40" hole in the ceiling total. Wow, this is a greatHole in the ceiling. These holes cause the lights to avoid overheating and fire. This is a great idea for a fire threat, but a bad approach to Indoor Air Quality and blown in insulation. The only requirement with these old style lights could not be had for people with insulation beat measure. We have several built-in lamps with blown-in insulation for them and also to light.

After several air and tape samples and sent them to a laboratory, the results returnedpositive air fiberglass and areas of the test areas. The first thing we asked the customer to do than to remove and install new lighting system recessed closed house. They hired an electrician, removed all devices and solved the problem of intrusion of air from the attic. That was just the beginning of the first update, then they had to clean HEPA vacuum and remove everything in the house of the fragile glass fiber particles on the surface.

How youTo live this nightmare for over a year because of the lack of an entrepreneur who does not believe the job?

This is just one example of what's happening in our construction industry due to poor planning by the contractor. Remember, you get what you pay, the low bid is not always the right person for the job.

If you choose insulation for the attic, check with the manufacturer of insulating materials and see what their needs are before setting addssomeone take on this task. Have you checked your attic to see first, if there are holes leading into the attic that air can enter the house are. If you do, you will not be faced with this kind of problem.

The order of the ranking and will direct the work for any leaks sealed and tested. Check all electrical devices in the ceiling and seal them. Make sure that the person is not the repair is competent and knows what they are doing or will do in the longConcept.

CAUTION: Follow all local building code requirements. Give them a call and talk to them.

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