How many bags per hour will the little blower at HD spit out? The lumberyard back home in WY had a good sized blower, but the tiny little things at the box stores looks slow as smell and there are about 150 bags going in.
Thanks
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depends on the blower itself not the size of the hopper... there are only 3-4 different type blowers that i've ever seen and all are about the same... the small hopper size shouldn't be an issue if you have someone loading it while you blow..
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heres a guess from when i used them,but never really kept track. if a guy is feeding it,and another pulling the trigger i would guess about5-7 mins per bag. you ought to check on having someone blow a 150 bags,i bet here you wouldn't save 50 bucks with that quanity. larry
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We'll be blowing it in, primarily so it gets done with the right amounts in the right places and air sealing in the right places. We've been keeping our eye out for insulators that give a hoot, but haven't found one yet. Even the contractors with great reputations are using crews that we wouldn't allow on site.
Before moving here our insulating guy was meticulous, quick, presents himself to clients well, and was cheaper installed than our materials cost. Like any good sub, his work made us look good.
So far all we've found in this region of low-cost production are salesmen that don't know much about insulating details who then pass our information on to the job foreman who then passes it on to the minumum wage guys who then go on to show how little they know or care about what's going on.
I'd rather do our own insulating and wait until we find the right guy rather than have six guys on site that we don't trust, have to post a house guard to keep them honest, hover to make sure things are done properly (or inspect at the end of day and have them come back again and again), have to answer stupid questions from guys who should know better, and worst of all have to tell the cocky little guy to not stand on the plaster between the ceiling joists--ever.
It looks like we'll be able to rent a larger blower rather than HD's DIY special.
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