How To Install Batt Insulation In An Attic

Before installing determine the insulation material best suited for your home.

How to install batt insulation in an attic. To view the next video in this series click here. So if you re installing insulation in an attic that doesn t have any used faced insulation and put the paper side down toward the ceiling. While wearing dust mask and gloves carry r 38 batts of unfaced fiberglass insulation into the attic. Verify the height allows for 1 inch of required air space.

Measure and mark the height on the baffle. Check pipes and vents. Lay the batts across the ceiling joists covering the existing insulation. Choose your insulation type.

This allows the termination of the batt in an area. Continue laying down the insulation making sure the batts are pressed tightly together at all edge and end. Cut side fin and fold baffle at the measured mark to allow for correct insulation height. Position the batt of insulation at the outer edge of the attic and roll the batt in the channel between the joists toward the center of the attic.

Typically this is done either by placing batt or roll insulation in between the ceiling joists or by using a blower to blow loose fill insulatio n in between the joists. For all eaves with vents fasten bottom of baffle in place to allow insulation to completely cover the top plate.