[Greenbuilding] sucking up loose fill FG insulation

John Salmen terrain at shaw.ca
Sat Sep 3 18:02:08 CDT 2016


With good protective equipment the manual approach can work. If you mix an adhesive with water in a pump sprayer and continually mist both the material and framing cavities it does encapsulate the finer materials well. (welbond glue and water type of thing)

 

If you are trying to protect a living environment from fibres – use pressure – create a positive pressure in the living areas and try and encapsulate (plastic sheeting) the area where you are removing material and then simply attach a hepa rated vac to either the plastic sheeting or some hole where the space can be vented (creating a negative pressure and capturing airborne fibres). 

 

A company might come in with a big vac hose but depending on what it is connected to and how that is rated – might just dump lots of fiber laden air into the exterior environment – check out what they are doing – fiberglass fiber is not rated the same as something like asbestos but I think the risk element is still there.

 

From: Greenbuilding [mailto:greenbuilding-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org] On Behalf Of Reuben Deumling
Sent: September-03-16 3:49 PM
To: Greenbuilding
Subject: [Greenbuilding] sucking up loose fill FG insulation

 

Anyone done this? Tips for doing it without the fancy equipment? I've contacted a company who I am told does this and if they get back to me may use them. The quantity isn't huge so I have been considering whether there might be a way to do this on the cheap? I thought about wetting it and manually stuffing it into garbage bags. Other ideas? Reasons not to try this? 

All insights are appreciated. 

Reuben

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