My uncompleted house just got slammed by this Noreaster. Water pouring of the first floor fixtures and walls. The drywall looks pretty wet at the floor level. My question is: Can the insulation be dryed in the wall cavities, I’ve heard both sides I even had a builder tell me that it can be dryed but smells like fish afterwards.
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Did you not the have the roof on and windows in BEFORE the DW/?
BAD builder, bad builder.
Parolee # 40835
"Bulwinkle is a... NOT THAT LESSON...THIS ONE..."
Parolee # 53804
LOL.
Kill moose and squirell....Parolee # 40835
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View ImageBet the insulation was fiberglass batt and do you know what happens to fiberglass batt insulation after it gets wet?
Parolee # 53804
Remember the thread here a few yrs ago where someone though the Mexicans were pissing in insul scraps? " Cus it STUNK" I LMAO when I read that..yup..it stunks alright. Parolee # 40835
And I wonder what the actual Rvalues are after the batts are dried out compared to when installed let alone compared to a foam product?
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Parolee # 53804
Prolly the same as before, just smellier.
Be sniffin with out screwing.......Parolee # 40835
No, I've read where it supposedly loses much of it's insulation value after it dries once wetted.
Must be wet alters the air containing properties.
be but I only surmise
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Parolee # 53804
I don't use FG batts , so I dunno...cus the bats keep getting in and farting all day.
Be batty at night, farty all dayParolee # 40835
Whoa! Tell us more of the state of the house at the time of the storm.
Forrest
Its a factory built home(I KNOW I KNOW...3 KIDS CANT DO IT MYSELF)Modified cape. No siding or house wrap above second floor on the gable end. It was roofed and windowed but we had 60 mile an hour winds. No electricity.
bulwinkle,
Are there any other detailed questions you might have involving the subject?
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Parolee # 53804
The only way it would turn out well is if there is heat in the house and lots of it. Try to get the furnace turned on even if it's just temp and crank it up to at least 80 for as long as needed. Without heat, it would take months for stud cavities to dry out.
If many electrical inspectors find out a house's electrical got wet, it would have to be pulled out and replaced.
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