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Okay to fiberglass insulation placed over minimal cellulose?

 05/22/2001 04:26 PM lb
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Okay to fiberglass insulation placed over minimal cellulose?

05/23/2001 08:38 PM Jay J
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2 " of cellulose with faced batting

03/06/2005 02:26 AM lkellyhome
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Okay to fiberglass insulation placed over minimal cellulose?

06/09/2001 02:41 AM lb
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pain to do right

03/12/2005 07:15 PM david_wv
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2" cellulose

03/14/2005 09:09 AM lkellyhome
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don't know the answer to the last

03/19/2005 04:41 PM david_wv
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does cellulose hold moisture?

09/02/2005 04:49 PM emcspadden

I am thinking about insulating my 1908 house with cellulose (exterior walls and attic floor) and fiberglass (attic walls and ceiling). I should also mention that I have a moist basement with a mold problem (I am working on it, but the moisture problem will never be totally solved).

If I have cellulose blown into the cavities of the exterior walls and attic floor(without any mositure barrier in sight that I know of), will I be ok? Should the fiberglass insulation in the walls and ceiling of the attic be faced or unfaced? I am allergic to mold and am very paranoid about trapping mositure in my walls.

I sould also mention that I am having my house resided and rigid foam insulation without a moisture barrier is going up underneath the vinyl siding.

Thanks!

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