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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

I have seen a  really small older house in Phoenix with sawdust in 
(unusable)attic space.  Had been there foe 50 years.....


--- On Mon, 10/27/08, Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:

> From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
> Subject: [Homestead] Insulation, homemade
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Monday, October 27, 2008, 12:13 PM
> On Oct 27, 2008, at 11:00 AM, Roy Morgan wrote:
> 
> > I've mentioned the book by Rex Roberts: "Your
> Engineered House",
> > written in the late 50's or early 60's (and
> later revised by Charlie
> > Wing).  Rex believed in bookshelves below most
> windows.  His reasons
> > were: love of reading, the books themselves, and their
> insulation
> > properties.  (His not-so-good insulation method was a
> single layer of
> > aluminized building paper in all outside walls.  the
> gas heat he used
> > was quite cheap back then, apparently.
> 
> I am pondering homemade insulation. Sawdust is abundant and
> cheap. It  
> would seem good if it were very dry and if it were
> contained within a  
> fire-resistant wall structure. Would also need tight vapor
> barrier to  
> keep it dry and perfect caulking to keep bugs out.
> 
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