bobbyburke
New Member
My house is 2 stories, a square box, 1200 sq ft, built in the '40s with a hip roof.
I cut a hole in the 2nd-floor hallway ceiling to install attic stairs and noticed there was frost on the blown-in insulation.
We are near Chicago so it gets pretty cold some winters.
I realize the house is uber leaky being so old and it is generally in good condition otherwise.
We do run a whole house humidifier in the winter, don't currently have a bathroom exhaust fan (bathroom on the 2nd floor),
and don't have an exhausting range hood in the 1st-floor kitchen.
My intention is to ditch all the blown-in and have a spray foam contractor come to shoot the entire attic.
I then want to deck the ceiling joists so we can store stuff up there.
I wanted to put in an attic fan but there are many who discourage that.
Any thoughts or has anyone else done that around the midwest?
I cut a hole in the 2nd-floor hallway ceiling to install attic stairs and noticed there was frost on the blown-in insulation.
We are near Chicago so it gets pretty cold some winters.
I realize the house is uber leaky being so old and it is generally in good condition otherwise.
We do run a whole house humidifier in the winter, don't currently have a bathroom exhaust fan (bathroom on the 2nd floor),
and don't have an exhausting range hood in the 1st-floor kitchen.
My intention is to ditch all the blown-in and have a spray foam contractor come to shoot the entire attic.
I then want to deck the ceiling joists so we can store stuff up there.
I wanted to put in an attic fan but there are many who discourage that.
Any thoughts or has anyone else done that around the midwest?