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Insulating the Attic with Sound Proofing Insulation
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" Before we talk about controlling the heat and energy -- let's talk about controlling the noise what is this product we're putting. This product is an Owens Corning product called quiet zone it's specially designed to. Produced from residential voices within the structure. It's just as separation barrier between. Bathroom walls and other living spaces were between. Recreation rooms game rooms and -- sleeping spaces now you're you're using it within. Inside walls are used to worry about moisture getting trapped in it. Now Bob this product room doesn't have a vapor barrier has a paper covering for ease of installation but it's not a vapor barrier at all it's just to facilitate installation. So. That's not an issues. You know this really makes a lot of sense not only in all we're trying to isolate the bedroom from the living room this is the wall we're gonna have the entertainment equipment. The big screen TV in this area and everything so that it's a very good idea to be able that control back here and we'll we also install it in the Florida yes thought to be sound proofing insulation in the floors well. Two totally enclosed this game room space so that there won't be any -- infiltration. Into other parts of the I love it and -- the best thing about no -- now let's talk about how we are actually insulating the house this off. This wall here basically is like an exterior wall right this a two by six meanwhile that separates this game room. From the eave space under the attic rafters and what's this material here. This material is -- throughout the violence warnings that specially designed to prevent air infiltration. Islamists essentially like the exterior while the house. You've been invented soffit and there's going to be a substantial amount of wind blowing through that soffit up against the back of this law. If we don't have this member here. The insulation in front of it could conceivably get moving air within the blast blanket right if that happens it no longer insulates. Now what what about these. Those served. Attic circulated its germ basically. Put into the rafters spaces to allow moisture. And also the wind from the exterior house to ride -- its insulation. Throw up in between the rafter space isn't there -- two channels that allow this they're -- circulate up and over and as a result. Maintain the still air within the insulation and also evacuate any moisture that may occur at the underside of the roof. That's very critical from the point of view of keeping paint on your surface absolutely right in the wintertime as well for I stand spinners. If you don't have this here in the undecided your roof is warm without any corners circulating. The snow melts and I stands form of these right Erica how do you deal when you're installing insulation very often this can be real nuisance you've got here. Electrical wire right in the middle of the bay what's the best way to install the -- right there. What they're like this Baden you really have to split the bat. -- measurement to the exact link to the states. We cut our bad. And in that wire runs exactly to the metal you split it that way so we split it and we have. Insulation on the backside. From the wiring and insulation in the front but if you have you avoided compressing it right exactly that he went thing you don't want to learn tile he felt respects if you compressor back into that less. Now once we've put in all the bats you're also putting. This queen layer of moisture barrier is that important. It's very important because that maintains the I don't -- moisture within the structure and doesn't allow it to the -- to migrate. To the exterior of the structure we're -- sensibly condense against the outside wall and condensed means you're lifting painter bubbling absolutely and one of the big problems."