Got the insulation done….

Well….after I got back here from errands, I had my last cup of coffee and it was only 10:30 so I decided to get back to working on the insulation upstairs…and I am still marveling that the previous owners took a look at the piles of fiberglass batts that came from the underside of the roof when it was replaced and just shot cellulose blow in insulation over the tops of the piles….and they left probably 25% of the plaster bare with no insulation at all and then piles of batt and blow in that were 3 feet deep….so I dug all the batt out of the piles and stuffed in down between the joists and then spread the blow in over it and now there is not an inch of the attic floor that is not covered…and then I cleaned up all of the crap that was left from putting the roof on and the rotten old paper from the batts and dragged that out to the trash so at least it looks better than it did…and, over the winter, I’m going to tap into one of the electrical boxes up there and put some lights up with a switch next to the door so I don’t have to use a flashlight or an extension cord with my portable light…I think it’s going to take a few days to get over all the dust in my lungs and eyes and the dust mask I was using was black when I finished…and I’m sore again so I’m taking the rest of the day off….it’s 1:30 and I have been going since 7:20 this morning and that’s enough…maybe more later….

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