Blown insulation removal????

[opsirc]

I am going to be removing the top floor of my house to build it bigger. Question being the attic has blown insulation in it, anyone know of a way to remove it without it ending up all over the place?

thanks

[Surface Tension]

Sam I had to do that a few times and its not fun. You'll need a dust mask. Use a garbage can with extra large and strong trash bags to bag it, then and start shoveling. Put out and ad for free cellulose insulation to get rid of it.

I have a leaf blower that can suck up leaves too. I made a top for the garbage can out of burlap with a fitting for the exhaust hose on the blower.

Used that to suck up what was left after shoveling. Did I mention you'll need a good dust mask. Goggles too.

[jeffreyd]

long sleeves long pants and a teenage son that has made you mad also helps.

[reddog]

Couple different otions: Most insulation companies will have a large vacuum that they will go up and collect it and bag it up. It can even be saved for reinstallation later.

Another option is to build a frame to hold large garbage bags in that is close to your cieling heigtht. Cut a hole in the drywall cieling and rake it to the hole to drop into the frame/bag assembly.

We do this several times a year. Nothing out of the ordinary.

[opsirc]

thanks guys,

was thinking about the hole in the ceiling and bags.

maybe I'll just save the headaches and burn the top half off, insulation and all.

[Tom7227]

thanks guys,

was thinking about the hole in the ceiling and bags.

maybe I'll just save the headaches and burn the top half off, insulation and all.

Must be one he77 of a fire department up in Saginaw MN if you think you can pull that off.

[jentz]

Couple different otions: Most insulation companies will have a large vacuum that they will go up and collect it and bag it up. It can even be saved for reinstallation later.

Another option is to build a frame to hold large garbage bags in that is close to your cieling heigtht. Cut a hole in the drywall cieling and rake it to the hole to drop into the frame/bag assembly.

We do this several times a year. Nothing out of the ordinary.

GOOD SUGGESTION

Rent the blower that installed it,instead of blowing it turn the hose to the intake suck it out, right into bags,get porus bags and its a snap one person up sucking one down with the switch bagging

[LightningBG]

GOOD SUGGESTION

Rent the blower that installed it,instead of blowing it turn the hose to the intake suck it out, right into bags,get porus bags and its a snap one person up sucking one down with the switch bagging

Have you done this before? I'm not saying it wouldn't/couldn't work, but I can imagine some issues. Like if the insulation traveling into the blower jams up the fans? In normal operation the clean air probably passes through the fan and then is mixed with the insulation and carried through the tube.

[crown_seven]

I wouldnt even mess with it myself, almost all insulation contractors have a machine to suck it out and usually charge about a dollar a square foot. You dont have to deal with disposing of it and it will take a quarter of the time. Just my two cents.