Hopkins' New House

Today's cold/windy weather may have stopped the siding installers from working on the outside of Brian & Tish Hopkins' new house, but the insulation crew was busy on the inside installing cellulose insulation on the exterior walls.



This type of cellulose insulation is blown through a hose onto the wall where a layer of the insulation will build up to fill the wall cavity between the studs.



Once the stud cavity is "overfilled" with cellulose insulation a special tool is used to level the insulation flush with the studs.



The excess cellulose insulation from the filling and leveling process is vacuumed up and recycled back into the system and used to fill other areas.



A view of the kitchen area after installation and clean up.



Down in the basement, the hot (red) and cold (blue) water lines have been connected to the distribution manifold.