On Tue, Feb 01, 2000 at 08:37:40PM -0800, Douglas Shook wrote:
>
> Steven Trovato wrote:
> >
> > Mike,
> >
> > I think you are saying that the fiberglass is located on the angled
> > underside of the roof, rather on the flat top of the sheetrock.
>
> Steve,
>
> Once I look at it again, I think you are right -- they must have
> stapled the fiberglass to the rafters, for some reason that is
> not clear to me.
>
> I also think you are right about peg board not being a sufficient
> material for flooring. From how I read this post the first time,
> I thought he had exposed batts between the attic floor joists and
> he was just stacking boxes, or whatever, straddling the joists.
> I was just suggesting that peg board could be used in this
> situation to contain the fiberglass.
>
> As I read it again,though, it sounds like maybe there is a floor
> in the attic, and they insulated the rafters, in which case, if
> the batts between the rafters have kraft backing facing the
> interior of the attic, he should be able to get away with nailing
> up most any material to contain the fiberglass. If he uses
> plastic (I'm almost certain that exposed plastic used in this
> manner will violate some fire code), that too would serve as a
> vapor barrier.
I have the same exact setup, only I stapled the kraft paper
part of the bats to the rafters myself. I left the bats
as they were. Eventualy I'll tack up some fiberboard.
I don't have a problem with fibreglass coming loose from the bats
when I'm up there moving boxes around, and there's no 'glass
dust (that wasn't put there when I was installing the bats
that is). But then 'glass doesn't bother me much, so if you're
sensitive your results may vary.
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