Home insulation question

[Slipknot]

you should educate yourself more on the subject and invest in the best solution for you.
Blown in cellulose is a good insulation for homes like that. They can take infared pictures to see where any voids may be if the installers screw up I suppose. find a reputable company. You'll save a lot of heating fuel by insulating your walls. I hope you have some insulation in the attic already.
Back then houses did have real thick plaster walls, they vary from place to place as well as time period or builder, but a thick plaster wall is not neccesarily a good insulated wall.

[nightfighter]

Blown in is fine. They fill each bay from the bottom and move up. My sub uses a gauge like on the oil trucks so he knows how much volume has gone into the bay. Just make sure they are doing the repair to the siding. Do it before year end and get the 1500 dollar tax credit (based on 5000 bucks spent on product, not labor).

Get a couple quotes...

[justplugit]

Like Slip said. In addition, back then they put 2x4 fire stops between the
studs in no particular place and they will stop the insulation flow if you
don't know where they are.

[Raven]

depending on how large the rooms in the house are........

if it were mine... i'd re-stud it with 2 x 3's
even if it were only a room (wall) or two and do it myself-
too easy

and then use 3" Fiber glass. blown in insulation sucks IMHO
then you end up with a much thicker wall and much better insulation.

and that thick plaster has gotta be freezing cold in the winter.

having all those holes drilled to allow it to be blown in
defeat's the whole purpose i think. i was insulating all day yesterday
and i'll be insulating all day today.

i like the styrene insulation boards (comes in several thickness's )
between $15 -22 per 4 x 8 sheet... at home depot

nice thing about those is you can easily custom cut them to fit any shape
(not to mention light as a feather)

like say the single pane cellar windows when the temps go down to -20. for example

i even make them for certain windows just at night and end the heat loss thru them by allot...
especially on the north side that receives no sunshine anyway.

because ....

hearing the furnace constantly "running" will keep me awake at night otherwise
.............with no peace of mind.

[goosefish]

Thanks guys. I don't think I'll do anything this winter. But I want to start researching ideas now. I got new windows a few years back. And three new doors this year. So my drafts should be way way down. I got piles of insulation in the attic. My walls do get cold but I'm used to it--

it is the new girlfriend who moved in awhile back (her first winter here) that has real problems with cold. Looks like I'll be burning a lot of wood in the stove and keeping the thermostat on 70. Yikes. I like seeing my breath in the morning when I'm waiting for the kettle to shout. Those days are gone.

Again thanks.

What about all the lead I got and the asbestos in the cellar? Carpenter ants, radon, squirrels, odd neighbors who drink too much and yell profanities at each other at 2 in the morning--

[Raven]

Does your girlFriend take you window shopping...?

[goosefish]

Originally Posted by Raven

Does your girlFriend take you window shopping...?

Blinds and curtains too. Color charts and all.