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<blockquote data-quote="NightShade" data-source="post: 3251212" data-attributes="member: 29706"><p>I was looking at a house at one point and one of my plans was to put in a ridge vent and soffits all along the bottom. Then put firing strips on the rafters and install the blue semi rigid foam sheets. Then when the roof heats up it's really only heating the area between the roof and the foam. Heat rises up and out and the area underneath stays cooler but you still have ventilation keeping the roof materials dry. If the peak is high enough you could put in a large flat area and use the solar vents to exhaust even more heat.</p><p></p><p>And installing blown in insulation is pretty easy if you have an area to walk. But you will still need to put the semi rigid foam panels in around the edges so you are not blowing the soffits full. A lot of times the big box stores will lean you the machine if you buy enough of the insulation so if it's a point where you buy one or two more go for it. Just remember that it settles over time so if it says to blow in 15 inches do that and then go back over with the extra left over at the end and add a little more. And remember that the walking areas need to have insulation as well so again the foam panels laid down and CD over top with foam stood up to prevent the blown in from falling over.</p><p></p><p>While you are up the run cat 5 and coax cables. You will not want to try and do it afterwards. Will cost you about 250 extra to do it yourself and increase the value of the house at the same time.</p><p></p><p>And if you have a crawl space under the house you actually need to insulate it as well. Slab homes are just sol.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NightShade, post: 3251212, member: 29706"] I was looking at a house at one point and one of my plans was to put in a ridge vent and soffits all along the bottom. Then put firing strips on the rafters and install the blue semi rigid foam sheets. Then when the roof heats up it's really only heating the area between the roof and the foam. Heat rises up and out and the area underneath stays cooler but you still have ventilation keeping the roof materials dry. If the peak is high enough you could put in a large flat area and use the solar vents to exhaust even more heat. And installing blown in insulation is pretty easy if you have an area to walk. But you will still need to put the semi rigid foam panels in around the edges so you are not blowing the soffits full. A lot of times the big box stores will lean you the machine if you buy enough of the insulation so if it's a point where you buy one or two more go for it. Just remember that it settles over time so if it says to blow in 15 inches do that and then go back over with the extra left over at the end and add a little more. And remember that the walking areas need to have insulation as well so again the foam panels laid down and CD over top with foam stood up to prevent the blown in from falling over. While you are up the run cat 5 and coax cables. You will not want to try and do it afterwards. Will cost you about 250 extra to do it yourself and increase the value of the house at the same time. And if you have a crawl space under the house you actually need to insulate it as well. Slab homes are just sol. [/QUOTE]
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