Old Carpet Attic Insulation
And thinking of these examples made me wonder if it would be acceptable to cut my old carpet and pad into 15 strips to laying in my attic on top of the conventional insulation that i have.
Old carpet attic insulation. Fumblefingers dec 19 11 at 18 51. In 1993 he came up with the idea of turning old carpet into loose fill insulation for attic applications. On the downside old carpet will probably encourage fungal growth in an attic space which isn t great if you store books clothes and stuff like that up there. The insulating value of carpet padding.
According to home advisor insulating your attic can cost between 1700 to 2100. For example a plain concrete floor loses more heat compared to a floor. The main factors that impact the cost are. Square footage of your attic.
We are pulling up the carpet and padding in our house and replacing it with wood flooring. Before we do this i thought i d ask if this might be a bad idea for some reason. That worked pretty well the chipper broke the backing apart and left a fluffy fiber with a density of about 2 lb ft3 32 kg m3. Type and material of your insulation.
The insulating properties would be negligible so i would suggest using purpose made material on that front. So he bought a used brush chipper and tried shredding samples of carpeting. A home s flooring influences how warm and cool it is over the changing seasons.