🚀 go-pugleaf

v. <velnon@KILLSPAMbanet.net> wrote in message
news:3aa84aac.2595813@news1.banet.net...
> On Fri, 09 Mar 2001 01:43:50 GMT, Speedy Jim <volks@nls.net> some
> motley fool wrote:
>
> >Blow in cellulose insulation; it's fire retardant
>
will this really stop drafts?

> Anything on the market should indeed have been treated to be less
> flamable.  The basic raw material is quite flamable; cellulose
> compounds are used in explosives and gunpowder.  I'm not sure he would
> get a good fill just pouring into 2-story balloon framed walls from
> the top, and it could be an interesting dance to use a wand or hose
> down into the wall from the top to get more direct filling.  May end
> up better to cut in near the first floor ceiling.  I've blown the
> stuff myself, but only for an attic 'floor' which is much more
> straightforward.
whatever, i'ts going to be a big PITA.

>
> But surely in an even mildly northern climate there is some insulation
> in his walls already?

nope just air gap.


>Maybe all he is worried about is draft at the
> new outlets, which any old foam would do since he is just stopping
> draft, not actually resisting flame.
>

my concern is helping to slow flame spread, while increasing energy
efficiency.

> Hope he finds peace of mind.
>
> -v.
>