Comments on: Insulation http://www.livinglightly.ca/insulation/ Fri, 09 Sep 2011 21:20:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Marc Rand http://www.livinglightly.ca/insulation/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Marc Rand Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:02:28 +0000 http://www.livinglightly.ca/insulation/#comment-5 We did the same in our previous old ottawa south house, but we used MacKay A and Sons. It made a world of difference and fairly inexpensive about $2000 for three exterior sides, three stories and roof; we had a semi hence the party wall wasn't done. This time we've used O'Reilly to put in a rigid foam in the attic of our new house - acts as a vapour barrier and R40 insulation. A bit more expensive, but I also think it will increase the lifespan of the shingles (they need doing too). The old knee walls stored a lot of heat in the summer and cold in the winter, the foam also eliminates this problem. I only worry about the environmental impacts of the foam and had I known I might have asked for BioBase 501 recommended by Adrea Vasil in her book Ecoholic See pictures of the foam: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=790564&id=569015419 Find Ecoholic at the library http://www.lirico.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1199X6723M3B8.17819&profile=lirico-eng&uri=link=3100006~!2103991~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab101&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Ecoholic+%3A+your+guide+to+the+most+environmentally+friendly+products%2C+information+and+services+in+Canada+%2F&index=ALLTIT2 MacKay A & Sons http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=mackay+insulation&near=Ottawa,+ON,+Canada&fb=1&view=text&latlng=45202652,-75372416,17206223626960426047&dtab=0 We did the same in our previous old ottawa south house, but we used MacKay A and Sons. It made a world of difference and fairly inexpensive about $2000 for three exterior sides, three stories and roof; we had a semi hence the party wall wasn’t done.

This time we’ve used O’Reilly to put in a rigid foam in the attic of our new house – acts as a vapour barrier and R40 insulation. A bit more expensive, but I also think it will increase the lifespan of the shingles (they need doing too). The old knee walls stored a lot of heat in the summer and cold in the winter, the foam also eliminates this problem. I only worry about the environmental impacts of the foam and had I known I might have asked for BioBase 501 recommended by Adrea Vasil in her book Ecoholic

See pictures of the foam:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=790564&id=569015419

Find Ecoholic at the library http://www.lirico.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1199X6723M3B8.17819&profile=lirico-eng&uri=link=3100006~!2103991~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab101&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Ecoholic+%3A+your+guide+to+the+most+environmentally+friendly+products%2C+information+and+services+in+Canada+%2F&index=ALLTIT2

MacKay A & Sons
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=mackay+insulation&near=Ottawa,+ON,+Canada&fb=1&view=text&latlng=45202652,-75372416,17206223626960426047&dtab=0

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