What a Mess!

This all feels like a blur now but when we were in the thick of it I thought I was going to die. I didn't.....obviously. With the upstairs walls open we were hard pressed to get insulation shot down into the walls below which were the living room walls. So, we did this in October and with it being January now, the insulation works. We don't have to wear jackets, blankets and have a portable heater running to just watch a movie. I will say we barely use our living room because of it being so cold. My nose would be like ice. Now it is much more comfortable. I think it was worth the mess!

My job was to keep the machine full with insulation. It cost more to rent the machine than it did to buy the insulation bags.

The boys insulated behind the wall and had to cut this huge hole in the wall. Good thing though, because Kirk got back there and blew insulation down into the other living room wall. His shirt was black but you couldn't tell. It seems every job we have to do involves filth!

Along with the upstairs project, was closing up walls through out the house. Our goal is to not have any open walls anywhere. It was bad enough that we went about two months without a door knob. We didn't have to worry about burglars, the dogs would temp anyone to just try to rob us. 

This is a horrible job. Who ever in their right mind thought that covering up hard wood floors with linoleum squares and black tar paper stuff was stupid. I can say it here because I am the author of this blog and this is the most horrible job ever. First off, I don't have enough strength to scrape the crap off the floor once it has been softened with the steamer. HUGE job. AND HORRIBLE. We have one more room to do.

The boys have been freezing in this room. There were times that Jared said he could feel a breeze in the middle of the winter. They slept with layers of clothing on and were still cold. They even reset the window a couple years ago to seal drafts around the windows. Once the walls were off and the outside wall was exposed, I walked in to see Jared sealing up every single "potential" crack with the insulation gun. It was kind of funny, because by golly, he was not having any crack exposed to allow air to blow through. Their room is much much more comfortable. It is amazing how badly this house needed insulation.