Ok…so Dad nearly passed out when he opened our last electric bill.
That was so not a fun day.
Ever since, Dad has been desperately trying to insulate every inch of our drafty old house.
Dad and Owen decided to put insulation underneath the house back in December.
The crawl space entrances in the basement are very small.
Here is Owen getting on his insulation gear.
His outfit sorta reminded us of someone…
A few weeks ago, our heater died.
Dad had some men come out and install a new heater in the attic.
Our attic space is only a few feet high and not really an “attic” at all.
Noticing that there wasn’t much insulation in the attic, Dad did what any handyman would do in this situation…
He decided to rent a huge insulation blower thingy from Lowe’s.
Thankfully, Josh and Owen were willing to lend a hand.
We love having men around to lift the heavy machinery.
Adri wants to know WHY the door to the attic had to be her room?!
Dang that’s a lot of tubing.
Dixie wasn’t so sure about all this…
This thing reminded us of a computer from a 1950’s sci-fi movie (with all the lights and tubes and stuff).
Dad bought a ton of the insulation (that expands to 18x the package size), but ended up needing only 4 packages.
When you rent the blowing machine at Lowe’s, if you return it within 24 hours, the rental is free.
So for about $100 dollars, Dad was able to insulate the attic.
Here is Dad going “green” (pink?).
The opening to the attic…which only Owen could fit into.
We are eagerly anticipating our next electric bill…
well in a hopeful way.
