From: Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Insulation, homemade
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:31:07 -0400
Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:
>
>>> I drilled holes at the top
>> of the wall in the stud cavities and filled it full of styrofoam packing
>> peanuts
>
> Most packing peanuts aren't styrofoam. They are expanded cellulose or
> starch. They will decay if exposed to moisture and hungry rodents in a
> pinch will
> return to dine on them.
>
I tested all these before I used them...I found out the hard way that
the starch kind dissolve as soon as water hits them.