Warming Up The Room

By: Jeanne Huber, This Old House magazine (Page 7 of 7)

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How to Retrofit Cellulose Insulation

In this video, This Old House general contractor Tom Silva explains how to install cellulose insulation

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Where To Find It

- Batts

Fiberglass:
CertainTeed Corp.
Valley Forge, PA
610-341-7000
certainteed.com

Cotton:
Bonded Logic Inc.
Chandler, AZ
480-812-9114
bondedlogic.com

Mineral wool:
Roxul Inc.
Milton, ON
800-265-6878
roxul.com

Sheep's wool:
Good Shepherd Wool Insulation
Rocky Mountain House
AB, Canada
403-845-6705
goodshepherdwool.com

- Loose fill

Cellulose:
Applegate Insulation Manufacturing Inc.
Webberville, MI
800-627-7536
applegateinsulation.com

Nu-Wool Inc.
Jenison, MI
800-748-0128
nuwool.com

Fiberglass:
Owens Corning
Toledo, OH
419-248-8000
owenscorning.com

Untreated fiberglass:
Johns Manville Corp.
Denver, CO
303-978-2000
jm.com

Mineral wool:
Delfino Insulation Co.
Bohemia, NY
631-567-45495
delfinoinsulation.com

- Expanding foam

Polyurethane:
Icynene
Mississauga, ON, Canada
800-758-7325
icynene.com

Cementitious:
AirKrete
Weedsport, NY
315-834-6609
airkrete.com

- Rigid foam

Extruded polystyrene:
Pactiv Corporation
Lake Forest, IL
888-828-2850
pactiv.com

Polyisocyanurate:
Dow
Midland, MI
989-636-1000
dow.com

Insulation contractors
Anderson Insulation
Abington, Massachusetts
800-472-1717
andersoninsul.com

Federal Conservation Group
Amityville, NY
800-675-1660
federalconservation.com

SDI Insulation Inc.
South San Francisco, CA
650-875-1628
sdi-insulation.com

Insulation and Drywall Contractors
Topeka, KS
785-862-0554

Southland Insulators Inc.
Manassas, VA
800-368-8621
southlandinsulators.com

Thanks to:

Andre Desjarlais
Building Envelopes Program, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, TN
865-574-4160
ornl.gov.