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Where do you live? What is in the habitable part for the room now for insulation?

I put a cathedral ceiling in my ranch. I had 2x8 rafters I believe. The proper rated insualtion (R-30) would not fit, so I just put in the foam vents (corning) and glass insulation to the rafter surface, then covered with 6 mil pastic (vapor barrier) and strappeing then up went the wall board. I also had to add ridge and sophet vents. If you want more insulation, you could put up foam board before the wall board, or nail spacers to the underside of the rafters to get more room for insulation.

You could also blow in Icynene, its pricier, but it would work fine, and no need to remove when you finish the room.

I am sure you knwo not to pack insualtion into a cavity, works better losely filled.

Just looked at your photo, not much room is it? I would do the foam board, nailers and bats, or icynene, not sure what the icynene would give you for R value.

Thanks for the replys.

I'm going into winter with an almost empty pocket book, so i'll probably just have to beef up the insulation without installing any in the rafters.

Does anyone know if there is a reason to remove all of the old dirty loose fill insulation before applying more. I thought of just adding a few more bags in the gaps i created doing electrical work and then putting batts perpendicular to the floor joists.

Also, either end of the second story of my house is stucco concrete, so from the inside you can see the wire mesh and backing of the stucco. how do I insulate behind this? Does there need to be a vapor barrier or airflow between the insulationa and the stucco??

Thanks
Joe

I was told by my energy efficiency guy that you need only to insulate the wall that is touching your interior wall. In our small spaces in our attic (renovated 3rd floor)the previous owners insulated (fibergalss) against the roof, which he said was unecessary. So I wouldn't used blown-in insulation at all.

Hope this helps