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My crawlspace is same size. Ty

Looks like you got about five more days of vacuuming

Thank you! I'm so keen to pull down the ceilings on the ground floor of my house but have a loft conversion already in place which I'm happy with. This makes the prep for demolishing the ceiling below more complicated but I'm delighted with your advice that I need to prepare the electrics above before launching into the demolition of the ceilings!

How long did this yake and did you get any quotes before

Jebus, 399 a day to rent out that machine.. SHEESH.

"Replacing A Rotten Rim Joist". At 4 minutes in, he says, "Apparently, I didn't film putting the new rim joist in." Maybe you should retitle this? Lol. Just picking on you a little. The part I love is that it looks like you just came home from working on computer software and went at it in your work clothes.

Was it tested for asbestos ? If it was positive what type and % ?

4:15 leaving the jack is a rookie mistake... I'm guilty of bringing a dead 20 ton jack all the way under myself. Happy you didn't need a pad. Nice vid

I'm going thru The same thing Now , getting rid of chiminey and termites have destroyed everything

What’s the approx square footage of the attic?

This job sucks.

The two story section of my house is 3/12 hip style so I’m in the minority that is even more cramped. 😩. I dream of renovating my attics. My single story section is 3/12 regular style ranch, that is 40’ across so much more room to move up there. That actually interior house section is only 34’ or so with very large overhangs giving some decent room at the edges.

I recently had work done and they used wedges in crawl space to get enough space to remove old rotted sill plate and push new sill plate in pieces. However they didn’t remove old rotten rim board. Instead they cut many pieces and put it next to old rotted rim board from inside the crawlspace. Is that structurally sound and will old wood cause new wood to rot? I also had them install sump pump and drain tile to remove standing water that I assume was cause of this.

Our attic is as small as yours

lol leave it to the pros 😅

May be a stupid question, but....if the old insulation is still in great shape, can it be reused/blown back in?

How’d it go with the reinsulation of the attic? What product did you choose?

Loved hearing the wife’s support throughout the project👍

I usually put up some music to make working alone more fun: th-cam.com/video/0uVLNEDWOzQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=YIWohkZueULLrPaE. There is some music that is just fun, but the DJ vids have some colorful words, just FYI. As an electrician I find that 2x4 pathway a bit funky and unnecessary but as long as everything is clean and organized. Props to working with your dad on the project, I am doing just the same.

Yes, Matt Risinger also got me into renovating my own home.

7:17 the look on your face says it all! I think we've all felt what you looked like. thanks for sharing this journey🤣

My heart is breaking for you. What a huge PITA (Pain In The A$$)

Wow this looks like it SUUUUUUUCKS! 😂 We have a mobile where thankfully the rim joist on these aren’t load bearing either. Any tips or suggestions?

I thought I was the only one with such a tight attic space (that no one wants to work in). I am thinking of raising the roof just so workers (hvac, electricians, etc) can get up there.

What was the square footage and how long did this take?

Rock Wool is NASTY STUFF. It's not so much fiberglass as it is pulverized glass,..often made from slag coke , and smelted rocks when you encounter the older versions. It's not just itchy like fiberglass,...it's much worse. It(the OLD Rock Wool) can cut you and leave solid shards of igneous glass splintered into your skin. Fuck that stuff...no thank you. I did removals(never fun) and and also installed about every type of insulation there is for years. A rock Wool REMOVAL is the worst of both realms. 🤕 Ouch

How big was the house that it took 4 bags

Bless your heart ❤️

What you gotta pay them folks to run it ?

Watching this because I literally have the same exact damage right now on my house that looks almost identical. The rest of the house looks good. There must have been some leaks in the kitchen that made it a termite heaven for my old house. All good though. We can fix it, right?

Nice work. My first home and I have to level my home my self.

How did u cut the sockets perfect in the right spot?

What did the replacement cost per room? From panel to sheetrock?

are they fiberglass?

Thanks for uploading. I'll be renting a vacuum like that now that I know it exists! I removed my attic insulation by hand with garbage bags and a dust pan, and shop vac. Would have saved me days of worked had I seen your video first. Great work!

Matt strikes again! Thanks for sharing.

yikes...you are a start... that means you must not do such activities that will take form your real money-making work...my daughter will not let her husband play basketball his job is very intensive physically so she like... nope....we not doing that ....husband bread winner * he has sprang his ankle before)

What kind of paint do you use to paint a primed fiberglass door my project has eluded me

why are you wearing that mask?

spiderman was in your kitchen?

you got this!

Did one house removing the old blown in insulation with a vacuum cleaner with a 2.5" long hose. Didn't need to rent special equipment. The second house after moved in, removing the old blown in was just to hard and time consuming. Maybe getting old. Plus the pink stuff was only 2" thick, really no insulation at all. Lay on top unfaced R38 batt, huge difference. This winter much warmer without using so much energy. Watch out protruding nails from the roof, got me a few times and maneuvering between ceiling joists, at times on all fours getting into the corners really tiring.

Did this channel die?

Wow, hey there fellow Schmidt, nice to see us Schmidts working, just found this video, nice work.

Damn Dude! Very well done and informative vid. I have similar insulation which NEEDS to be removed and i ain't lookin' forward to the task. The ONE thing that may help is that my attic has a little height to it. Im very close to six feet tall and i can stand straight up and walk around up there, with the exception of a few supprt beams which i have to duck to get by em. Thanks again, your vid is helpful.👍

I’ve been wanting to do this for a while now but I don’t want to rent and lug around all that stuff! I wonder how long it will take me with my 3 gallon harbor freight vacuum using 1 1/2” tube haha might be better to do it by hand with some leaf scoops! Update coming 2025

New insulation was pumped in all over attic flooring and large plastic ductwork tubes 1.5 years ago and for two weeks there is a horrible scratching gnawing daily for hours around my bedroom vent and contacted several pest control companies for help useless I can’t access attic as hands broken / they stare at insulation but don’t attempt to remove it or push it away in front of them to see where the flooring is - the business who did the install said to push it away using a kids plastic rake so we can see where the flooring actually is any other options ? I’m a senior alone here. I want all the insulation removed around my ductwork and now concerned the mice are eating through the plastic tubes that provide heat and cooling - they could be all over the attic under the new insulation who knows…. They could be urinating and dropping feces into my ductwork that we breathe in. I’m smelling something weird when heat turns on :( please will you tell me what to do ?

Never heard of a mead before, grape juice? Alcohol paint Kilz(?) might not be a bad idea to mitigate mold forming years later.

Nice video, however I wish you would have shown what happens where the bags get attached? Where did you get the bags? How do they attach? Hiw do you know when they are full? Where did you dispose of the insulation?

This is what I'm getting ready to do. The blown in insulation on mine looks like chopped up cardboard about 2-6", and there is 4" rolled insulation under that. But,,,, I need it out of the way to run some new electrical and duct from the bathroom fan the previous owner just vented into the attic.. (so annoying) Going to try to do this over the winter because it's just too hot to attempt this during the summer.