“You’d better take a photo or two for me,” I said. ”I doubt I’ll ever be able to see it with my own eyes.”
So this is a view of the right-hand half of the lower of the three lofts, looking forward toward the house front. If I have my orientation right, it shows the right-hand end of the hall, the cloakroom, the kitchen and, in the far dark distance, my study. The unlagged copper pipe is the gas supply–not to be covered. All other pipes are lagged with white fleecy stuff or buried under 12 inches of the newlaid insulation.
Loft insulation
“You’ve done awfully well,” I said.
“Tell me that again when it’s all finished.”
Wow I expected to see like our pink insulation here. But it isn’t. It almost gives the appearance of blown in here.
WOW!
Amazing! What a job.
That’s a good job well done. Congratulations, Graham! Is that fibreglass? [Fibreglass is the pink insulation that Bonnie referred to.] We insulated the apartment house that I used to manage with that pink stuff; it sticks into your skin and is miserable to handle. Once we got it up, we covered it with heavy-duty clear construction plastic, to keep moisture out and contain the little splinters that break off. Then, it looked so pretty (like “sunset clouds,” my daughter said), we left it that way.
I’ve been in spaces like that working away. Winter time makes it all bearable. The gas line reminds me of a sweated copper gas line we once had in our basement. The solder was shiny which meant it would not have withstood a house fire. Explosion to follow shortly. High temperature solder is dark and discolored from the heat required to sweat the joints. That would have been OK. But I had the whole lot replaced with iron pipe and screwed fittings.
Graham may want to examine the fittings so that all may be secure.
Enjoy your toasty home!
Looks very warm and cozy!
Graham is a hero, to deal with that stuff. Great job!
Yes, great job. I too wonder if the material contains fibreglass in it, to be handled only with a mask. If particles get into your lungs, they stay there. I think you did mention that Graham was wearing a mask… I am a bit of a stickler when it comes to that stuff, it’s nowhere near the danger of asbestos but still, I lost a brother to asbestos, it always makes sense to take precautionary measures…
Wow, something of synchronicity, it was exactly four years ago today that my brother passed… I thought about it today of course, but this post brought to mind the dangers of asbestos everywhere, don’t underestimate its danger everybody reading this blog!
It’s ‘soft’ fibreglass, more like a wool than anything. Graham always uses masks and protective clothing head to toe when handling the stuff. Asbestos we leave to specialists, but between you and me, asbestos has always been on my “I veto this house” list…
I’ll pass all these comments over to Graham, of course.