/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1556671
This stuff is why I carry a box of disposable Kleengard polyester full body "Hazmat" suits and a respirator in my van.

OP, now you know to be better prepared.

>>1556674
I'm cheap as fuck so I still won't be if I go up again. Maybe a dust mask, hopefully acute exposures aren't going to give me cancer.

>>1556671
yeah, but, looking at it.. who the fuck thinks this is a good idea to inflict upon your domicile in the first place? -Someone- put there OP, and worse, paid for it

>>1556679
Builders; everything is done as cheaply as possible to just barely pass code for these planned subdivisions. God damned roof shingles are blowing away and it's not even been a decade since the house was built.

>>1556671
You deserved it, asshole.

I spent 4 months fire rating condo attics.i started in spring because I knew it would get hot as fuck ad the weather got warmer. Even when it was 20 degrees outside it was over 40 in the attic. So I had to army crawl through this shut because the roof was only 3' from the joists to the peak. In some spots the roof was touching my head when I was at the edge of the attic. Itchy as fuck all the time and my mask filters were clogged to all shit at the end of each day. It was like a mild form of torture but made serious money.

>>1556671
>Blown fiberglass insulation

Jesus.

>actually playing with that shit for any reason

That's all on you. Get some proper PPE for that shit. If it is too hot, use a shopvac exhaust and pipe cool air into the suit. A proper mask, eye goggles, and painter's suit is better than nothing.

>>1556707

Brother, your experience reminds me of a time when I was on a crew and we were working in a 1900 era series of row-houses, and FUCK they were insulated with blown in MINERAL WOOL in the attics which is 10,000 times worse than blown fiberglass.
Stuff is literally billions of hair wisp thin bits of steel and furnace slag woven together to make insulation.

Oh, it's great stuff in that it will never burn, doesn't take in moisture, and vermin don't nest in it. But shit is it awful to be around.

>>1556695
pure salt
rentcuck detected

>>1556671
fuckin hate this shit. I remember putting a hole in the ceiling on the job for some reason and this shit just poured out on me like an avalanche of cancer.

gonna redo the insulation in my attic come spring. what's in there isn't blown in, but whatever it is, its been torn to shit and even poking my head up there i start coughing. gotta get those fuckin bats outta there too

>>1556801
Well I'm glad now, that whoever owned my house was too poor to afford insulation back then.

>>1556671

lol why is it loose anyway, thats some lazy insulation. Get some proper plates and place a floor on it.

>>1556836
Nah, I own my home, have for 14 years. Paid mortgage off 4 years ago.

OP is an asshole for a quite different reason.

So is this going to be a horrible experience thread?

Hands up those that have experienced the joy of taking down lath and plaster ceilings.

>>1556671
> blown fiberglass
Hey, the nights get lonely for me too. I just don't advertise it.

>>1557089
Looks like a pile you can find dead body in.

>>1557200

Apparently a pedo used to live in the place so there was certainly a possibility of that happening, fortunately that wasn’t the case though.

Just tons of random crap, lime mortar, lath and plasterboard. Two layers of plasterboard had been put over the original lime mortar if my memory serves me correctly.

>>1556671
>>1556675
>Maybe a dust mask, hopefully acute exposures aren't going to give me cancer.

I tried warning my fellow americans, you didnt listen.

>american construction

dude, lets just hide problems behind the drywall lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f585VMg6yD0

dude lets just spray toxic shit on wood to choke the wood and people living in the house
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bse58aGfJ0M

is american construction one big elaborated prank done by fratboys?

>>1556671
Kek
One thing I am thankful my boomer dad did to my house.
He just threw the shit everywhere and didn't actually use the blower which makes it fluffy as fuck like that.
Made it a lot easier to get rid of and replace with proper bats.
Of course it would have been nice for it to have been done proper to begin with which would have kept the house a little more healthy for when I got it.
But oh well, at least this one, of many, fuck ups wasn't too bad to fix.
Oh yeah, fuck boomers.

>>1557323

Haha that stuff is for blowing into uninsulated wall spaces (old houses), not roof cavities where you have access

>>1557323
That is a Candian show.

>>1557089
>Hands up those that have experienced the joy of taking down lath and plaster ceilings.
Luckily for me, whoever owned my house in the 50s replaced the lath and plaster with asbestos... Okay, sorta unlucky I suppose, but it means I have a really good excuse to hire someone else to take it out for me!

>>1557089
>So is this going to be a horrible experience thread?
>Hands up those that have experienced the joy of taking down lath and plaster ceilings.

My horsehair / lath / plaster ceilings are all cracking and need to be replaced. The house is almost 100 years old so I think I got the most out of it. At least I will be able to run all new network and romex at the same time.

Also, in ceiling speakers FTW

>>1557552
Eyepro and a hat, bro. Shit's not light. May as well hire a dumpster while you're at it.

>>1557485
It's in Toronto, which is basically Burgerland with better medical treatment.

>>1557323
>is american construction one big elaborated prank done by fratboys?
Remember that scamming is the ultimate american art form.

>>1557552
>in ceiling speakers
what are you, fucking Walmart?
ISHYGDDT

>>1556671
Fiberglass blanket insulation is pain. Hands get itchy instantly.
Getting into attic with blown shit, without chemical hazard suit is absolute madman. At least it is not an asbestos insulation...

Fiberglass Insulation is dog shit whether it is in your attic or your walls. Cheap fucking garbage that doesn't work but no one gives a shit because the dry wall covers it up or it's in your attic. Out of sight and out of mind.

I spray foamed my whole house. 3.5 inches of closed cell foam in all the walls. 3 inches on the outside foundation below grade (did 3.5 on the inside basement walls). Sprayed 3 inches on the floor of the attic and then had them fill the rest in with open cell foam for additional R value and sound proofing. All my bathroom walls and bedroom walls got open cell foam for sound proofing (even the interior walls). Fucking bomb could go off in the next room and you wouldn't hear it. No bugs, no dust, no noise.

My 3200 sq/ft home can be heated with a candle and cooled with an ice cube. My gas and electric bills are non existent. The house is like a sanctuary of comfort and quiet.

The mechanical of a home is the number 1 priority. You can always change out the carpet or reno a kitchen but fuck tearing down all the drywall to replace the insulation.

It's amazing how fucked up people are when it comes to building a solid house. They don't bat an eye when spending 50k on kitchen but tell them it will be 30 k to insulate their house and they look at you like you raped their daughter, wife, mother and father.

>>1557582
>>in ceiling speakers
>what are you, fucking Walmart?
>ISHYGDDT

No, I just believe smart speakers are garbage, my rooms are small and I want multiple zones

>>1557588
Fiberglass insulation does work tho

>>1557323
lmfao, the fucking mexicans on the roof touching that shit barehanded and scraping the particles around with a flat scraper

top kek

>>1557588
well said. dubs confirm

>>1557580
>better medical treatment
kek

>>1557580
>with cheaper medical treatment.
Ftfy

>>1556671
shit's evil. once I got shitfaced and slept on a roll of that shit. holy fuck I felt like I bodyslammed a porcupine.

>>1556675
>hopefully acute exposures aren't going to give me cancer.
Well it has a chance to fuck up your lungs pretty good. I don't know how this shit is still legal.

>>1558673
>>1558735
Not only is it cheaper, and more accessible, it IS better quality.
Being privatized and throwing around bills like its monopoly money doesnt make the underlying healthcare better, it simply makes it more expensive.

>>1558745
>brainwashed commie
go to venezuela if you enjoy starving so much

>>1558755
>>brainwashed commie

Ironic
Im just being objective, unlike you who is blindly being nationalistic.

>>1558763
>I repeat made up shit I got told by some lefty cunt
>I'm objective
boomer detected

>>1558769
>raw data from unbiased multinational organizations like WHO is "made up shit"
>shoehorning identity politics

Your "brainwashed" comment is more and more ironic with every post.

>>1557323
Yet another reason I build things out of metal and not wood.

>>1556671
>having (((insulation))) in your home
Enjoy your cancer.
>b-but mm-m-muh temprahture m-muh gas/electric bill
And enjoy your house rotting in 40 years tops.

>>1556674
>>1556671
This.
You can buy paper suits and a dust mask for like $10 a set.
>>1556675
Make sure it wasn't asbestos, if it's old the old fiberglass from the 80s and the asbestos rockwool look very similar.

>>1556671
Is it possible to suck this shit, and fill it with Styrofoam insulation?

>>1557089
>>1557089
God damn it.

Old bathroom, had wicked water damage, this happened when I pulled the old vent off The drywall was propped between it and the stud just waiting to fall on someone while they showered because derp didn't install it rihgt.

>>1558810
I fell through that hole next to the toilet all the way to the ground. They used toilet paper and caulk to cover it and make a false floor with a tile over it instead of just fixing the shower leak which would probably cost about the same as the 6 tubes of caulk.

>>1558808
I've seen them cut a hole in the ceiling and shovel it out before.

>>1558810
>>1558811
what on Gods Earth is going on there!?

>>1557089
Grew up in a 4 bed 3 bath house built in 1928. We remodeled the house as a family over 3 or 4 years a room at a time and tearing this shit out was pure hell.

>>1559518
I tore this out because it was ugly and the door was hitting the toilet, redid the plumbing with PEX moved the vanity plumbing out from in front of the toilet so I didn't have to hit my knees when I shit.

>>1559822
Oh and the water damage, the tub was about to fall through the floor because fuckhead thought covering damage = fixing leaks.

It... looks better now to say the least. I'm still not done and I had cut some corners to avoid major framing overhaul on account of a botched remodel by another owner. Got the ceiling textured, frame repaired, ran new electrical and added a much needed vent to prevent the ceiling over the shower from rotting out and causing a mess like in >>1558810 >>1558811
I'm holding out on the flooring until I get the rest of the house done, just need to get the living room based and cased and I'm ready to roll.

>>1559830
I'm too prideful to let android's shitty image rotation be on my post.

>>1557668
>smart speakers are garbage
This is correct. In ceiling speakers are also garbage.

>>1559831
I just hope that you only use carpets because the floor is fucked. Toilet carpets are unhygienic.

>>1559831
Looks a hell of a lot better

>>1557552
What are you gonna use to patch the plaster? it feels wrong to patch plaster with shit tier all purpose drywall mud

>>1560363
>>1560360
It may be "unhygenic" however as evidenced by >>1558811
there is a hole in front of the door where someone stepped out of the shower and water leaked through down to the subfloor and created a hole which I could kick through when I took the tile up.

>It used to literally have shag carpet in the bathroom I wish I had a pic before I started. There was also a washing machine sized hamper going to the ceiling right in front of the door. I dont even know what the old owner was thinking. I have had to un-bubba this entire house, i've got virtually no progress in 6 months because literally nothing is done properly down to the framing, every single window has been moved and every new window was incorrectly framed, same goes for the door. On top of that nothing is nominal so I either have to cover things with trim or rip my own boards.

All of the exterior facing drywall had to be replaced because there was an unvented gas heater heating the house and it caused condensation and water damage, the drywall looked like someone took a hose to it, and they covered it with paneling which was also warped and separating from the drywall, which made it pull away from the studs. The ceiling is cut weird and they didn't do the top corners correctly so I'm going to rescrew it all and retape it, then nail up some 1x3 for crown molding to sure it up and give it a simple rustic look, it's an old farm house on the outskirts of town so it matches well.

>>1556671
this looks like a lotta cancer right there

>>1556671
I’ve got all kinds of this shredded gray shit in my attic. Is that bad? I wanted to put some boxes up there but it’s just filled with this crap. What do?

>>1560609
>wut do
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cIcRO3oSNc
- except, you just need to cut a hole in the ceiling, then, rent out your living room to local kids @$10 p/h. Insist they all take a bag of cancer (free!) home with them. Either that or burn the place down, move to Brazil with the insurance. This shit is the new asbestos yo

Let's be honest as long as he only had the one exposure he should be fine, and if he continues without PPE then that's simply natural selection.
Also fuck asbestos and even suspecting something I'm near of being it.

>>1560632
>when england loses the world cup final on penalties

>>1560628
every other forum I checked out yesterday was all over this shit. That its better than batting, but not as good as spray foam which "moves the envelope" to the roof or whatever. I don't see anyone complaining about this stuff, but on this board.

>>1560632
uhm haven't you heard, the President himself has said that Asbestos could have saved the twin towers AND it's perfectly safe.

Worked on a retirement apartment complex and they did this in the attic. Every time you go up in the attic, the shit spills out everywhere. Good luck with the efficiency.

>>1560998
every other forum is filled with boomers

>>1556801
I've got some of that in my house. They blew it in the attic because im right next to an airforce base, and it seems to block sound fantastically. either the fucked whoever bought it or it settled because there is only 5 inches of it in the bottom of the walls. Im in the process of replacing it with some imitation crab meat.

Holy jesus fuck its itchier than the old fiberglass. I wear an N-95 and some sheepskin gloves with nitrile under them. Works great.

>>1557323
>is american construction one big elaborated prank done by fratboys?
No. We're capitalists. That means it's ok and encouraged to fuck everyone in the ass with a live cholla as long as you get their money first.

>>1561404
Yep. Its a two way street. Ignorance is taken advantage of instead of coddled in a safety net of other's money.

>>1558673
>>1558755
>>1558769
Imagine being not self aware to this degree