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by XorNot
1084 days ago
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And it's irrelevant. Everyone is like "but if you have better insulation..." well golly gee, guess I'll get right on that. Tearing out all my drywall? Re-sarking my roof? Cost-free! Definitely not hugely disruptive, invasive and expensive activities which stand a good chance of forcing me to move out of my house while the work is complete... People love throwing in about how effective insulation is, completely ignoring the vast difference in difficulty and cost it actually represents. |
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Putting more insulation in the attic does not mean redoing the roof. Depending on what you have it might just be blowing in some insulation or adding matting. Of course there are options like spray foaming but it's not the only one.
You are of course right that if your walls are completely uninsulated you will probably want to rip out that dry wall and that will cost you. Maybe blown insulation is an option too depending on your specifics.
Do some math and see if it makes sense to do it if you don't want to do it purely for the sake of the planet. Drywalling isn't that big of a deal actually. The worst would be the ceiling and you don't have to touch that. Regular drywall on a wall is easily done solo by a home owner. Been there, done that.
It's funny what money makes you do. I had a choice to pay tens of thousands to have professionals do it or pay hundreds for materials and do it myself. I did lots of TIL and I have beautiful white walls again.