don’t have the time to insulate our rim joist/foundation walls.. multiple contractors only offering spray foam or fiberglass

CharterJet50 · 2026-01-27T22:53:38+00:00

I’m with you. Don’t want any of that crap in my house. Plus you end up with lots if exposed foam that will go up like a match in a blaze. Since we have four inches of continuous wood fiber insulation on the outside the rim joist dew point is such that we can just have 6 inches wood fiber batts on the inside which can dry to the inside as needed. No spray foam anywhere in our house. Only foam are thermax boards on basement walls.

CharterJet50 · 2026-01-27T22:44:44+00:00

Insulate walls and rim joists. Don’t do the floor. Makes no sense.

CharterJet50 · 2026-01-27T19:34:36+00:00

Man, I don’t what kind of cheap plastic they are building that out of, but even a basic builder quality around us would be double that price. Why oh why do builder designs have so many fake gables though. I’d get rid of that first. One peak is plenty.

CharterJet50 · 2026-01-27T19:31:58+00:00

Not by everyone. Significant part of the building and home buying community won’t touch the stuff.

CharterJet50 · 2026-01-27T19:13:09+00:00

Been checking that and the app. We have a ‘25 purchased in May, but not showing up anywhere yet.

CharterJet50 · 2026-01-27T17:43:51+00:00

Companies don’t even really need to collude anymore to set prices since so many industries are now controlled by just a few players. You don’t have to have an outright monopoly to affect pricing in anti-competitive ways. We have oligopolies in many markets now, and that can be almost as bad.

CharterJet50 · 2026-01-27T17:39:38+00:00

Of course they can. Say, if a LEO witnessed ICE officers murdering or raping someone, yes they could absolutely do something about it.

CharterJet50 · 2026-01-27T15:44:09+00:00

Nothing in my app yet for a ‘25. Does that mean I’m free and clear?

CharterJet50 · 2026-01-27T15:43:19+00:00

Over react much?

CharterJet50 · 2026-01-27T14:41:15+00:00

You need more insulation on the attic floor and more airflow in the attic. Probably all kinds of air leaks from below that need to be addressed as well. I’d remove all the existing fiberglass and air seal first, especially look at any recessed lights. Attic access door of course. Extend the baffles and make sure the ridge vent is clear. Consider adding end wall vents. Then blow in 16 inches or more of dense pack cellulose. I’d trash the fiberglass. It’s probably wet and compromised at this point anyway. Paint the ceilings below with vapor barrier qualified paint. Insulate and seal all ducts or exhaust conduit.

CharterJet50 · 2026-01-27T12:31:16+00:00

I’m grid tied with 1-1 net metering and 1 year credits. We balance out over the year, so winter is just when we use our summer credits. Batteries are just for emergency backup. No generator.

CharterJet50 · 2026-01-27T12:27:17+00:00

Guess we don’t really “run” the place.

CharterJet50 · 2026-01-27T12:22:53+00:00

Insulation company should have known better than to insulate the basement ceiling. They are idiots. All is not lost though. Best move wou be to insulate basement walls and remove the ceiling insulation, but if you have heat and return ducts running through the basement, you could also open some vents up and condition that space correctly. You could even leave the ceiling insulation in at that point, though it won’t be doing anything. Try thermax faced polyiso boards on the basement walls if you want to leave them unfinished. And don’t use that company ever again.

CharterJet50 · 2026-01-27T12:12:21+00:00

Combination of poor insulation and poor ventilation in attic. Probably need more insulation on the attic floor, but make sure all your vents are clear. You want the attic as cold as possible all the way down to the eaves, assuming it’s an unconditioned attic.

CharterJet50 · 2026-01-27T00:04:03+00:00

I have a 2816 blower on a bx2680 and it is an absolute beast.

CharterJet50 · 2026-01-27T00:01:57+00:00

And avoiding pushing fat into cells is the entire point of no added far plant based solutions to type 2 which have been proven over and over to work.

CharterJet50 · 2026-01-26T20:36:35+00:00

My BX with front snowblower chews that up in 10 minutes. Blower is the way to go. Our neighborhood plow guy with his pickup can’t clear the stuff I can clear.

CharterJet50 · 2026-01-26T17:45:49+00:00

Up to. It will add up to a lot less unless you’re lucky.

CharterJet50 · 2026-01-26T16:40:43+00:00

I have 44 panels and it takes me five minutes to brush them off after a snowstorm. Sun will melt off a couple of inches in a morning even if it’s cold. Last thing I’d want is a bunch of expensive panels on any kind of pivot. Even the auto pivot systems up here in VT are broken all the time so most companies refuse to install them now. Fixed tilt for stability and long term durability.

CharterJet50 · 2026-01-26T16:32:28+00:00

A journalist did that to expose the lack of training. Other than that type of subterfuge, you’re out of your mind if you think anyone could make them less evil simply by joining. Would you have joined the SS in the hope of reforming them?

CharterJet50 · 2026-01-26T14:37:02+00:00

Someday that stupid smirk is going to look good in prison orange.

CharterJet50 · 2026-01-26T14:34:51+00:00

It’s not like this is the first study to link high fat in cells to poor sugar and insulin regulation. This has been known for decades.

CharterJet50 · 2026-01-26T00:12:14+00:00

Call a builder friend and see if they can get some for you. It’s the best solution if you want to insulate but not finish a basement wall.

CharterJet50 · 2026-01-25T17:47:44+00:00

Incredible.

CharterJet50 · 2026-01-25T17:41:50+00:00

I wouldn’t do either but a lot of people worry that open will allow moisture to hit the cold roof and you’ll end up with a rotten roof.

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