You guys that did the spray in insulation-not foam

[2K2 LS1]

What did the materials cost and what was the rental cost of the machine itself? I am trying to plan with a neighbor/friend to split the cost of doing this in both our houses over the winter sometime soon.

[ceyko]

Think altogether I paid around 150ish give/take 25 dollars. Only rented machine for four hours though. Two people will make it so easy for you.

[2K2 LS1]

Think altogether I paid around 150ish give/take 25 dollars. Only rented machine for four hours though. Two people will make it so easy for you.

Where did you get yours?

[ceyko]

Home Depot in Wylie, about 2 years ago. I'd doubt the costs changed very much. We went the standard blow in insulation as opposed to the recycled stuff.

Only caveat I need to add is we added insulation - it was not cleared out and then put in. I believe we had somewhere around 8-12 of those compacted bundles we put in.

edit: Apologies for being vague, just can't remember SPECIFICs. It was really in-expensive though for the added value though and did not take a bunch of time. (with 2 people)

[2K2 LS1]

Home Depot in Wylie, about 2 years ago. I'd doubt the costs changed very much. We went the standard blow in insulation as opposed to the recycled stuff.

Only caveat I need to add is we added insulation - it was not cleared out and then put in. I believe we had somewhere around 8-12 of those compacted bundles we put in.

edit: Apologies for being vague, just can't remember SPECIFICs. It was really in-expensive though for the added value though and did not take a bunch of time. (with 2 people)

I will be simply adding on top of what we have now. The house is 5 years old and I just want to boost the efficiency of it over the winter for this coming spring fall. I am also adding attic vents and replacing all the door seals that a previous dog we had chewed up.

[2K2 LS1]

What overall R rating did yall go with? looks like I can upgrade my overall attic space to an R-49 rating for about $300 which includes a 24 hour rental time for the machine.

[ceyko]

Think we were aiming for around the same - maybe a little less. Like I said, it was awhile ago. I do know it should be a fair amount above minimum and we did notice some difference.

300 is not bad with 24 hour rental and all.

[Vertnut]

What overall R rating did yall go with? looks like I can upgrade my overall attic space to an R-49 rating for about $300 which includes a 24 hour rental time for the machine.

R38 is more than adequate in most of Texas.

[bcoop]

You shouldn't have to pay for the rental at all. I know HD will give you the rental for 24 hours for free if you buy $150 or so in insulation. We did a budy's house a year or so ago that way.

I paid someone to do mine, and it was around $300 using the Oncor program. I will say, I didn't notice much of a difference in energy savings, or in house comfort. They used a lesser shredded cotton insulation instead of the good stuff. My buddy used the good stuff and noticed a savings and a big difference in comfort.

[2K2 LS1]

You shouldn't have to pay for the rental at all. I know HD will give you the rental for 24 hours for free if you buy $150 or so in insulation. We did a budy's house a year or so ago that way.

I paid someone to do mine, and it was around $300 using the Oncor program. I will say, I didn't notice much of a difference in energy savings, or in house comfort. They used a lesser shredded cotton insulation instead of the good stuff. My buddy used the good stuff and noticed a savings and a big difference in comfort.

This is what our house has currently. Planned spraying in an average of 12" more across the whole attic

http://www.lowes.com/pd_82480-2256-INS541LD_0__?productId=3227256&Ntt=spray+in+insulation&pl=1&currentURL=%2Fpl__0__s%3FNtt%3Dspray%2Bin%2Binsulation&facetInfo=

[bcoop]

This is what our house has currently. Planned spraying in an average of 12" more across the whole attic

http://www.lowes.com/pd_82480-2256-I...ion&facetInfo=

Thats what we used on his house, that made a noticeable difference.

[91cavgt]

My house had about 6" of insulation in the attic and last fall we added 6 more inches of spray in insulation to that. Had someone come out and do it, paid about $700 if I remember right. Yeah, we could have done it cheaper, but ever since we got it done, our electric bill has been an average of $100 less a month so it still paid for itself in less than a year.