How To Remove Blown-in Attic Insulation | My First Renovation

Hey everyone! In this video we'll be removing the blown-in attic insulation from the house. There are a number of reasons to remove old insulation, such as to make it easier to rewire the house, convert an attic to living space, or to air-seal the space. Today, I'm showing you how I removed my insulation with the help of a vacuum rental. Attic insulation removal can absolutely be done DIY.

I'll be frank with you, this is not a fun job. It's dirty, hot, and cramped most of the time. On the upside, you can save a lot of money by doing this yourself with the aid of an equipment rental store. Buckle up, we're jumping into this one.

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00:00 - Introduction
00:20 - Insulation Removal Equipment
01:27 - Removal Process
04:13 - Final Thoughts

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[manyourcoolchris]

Thanks for uploading. I'll be renting a vacuum like that now that I know it exists! I removed my attic insulation by hand with garbage bags and a dust pan, and shop vac. Would have saved me days of worked had I seen your video first. Great work!

[jaypan]

Watching this as I slave in my attic. Thanks for the motivation! God Bless!

[Lew]

What an absolutely nightmarish job. Congrats on getting it done. Hope the rest of your project goes well!

[mikekrzesowiak]

"I blame it on Matt Resinger" 😂👍

[deadbeatdad]

harbor freight dust collector is a blessing

[kennaoconnor]

Love your humor! Removed a huge portion of mine as cats have used it as a litter box. Luckily I only needed a few areas removed as the new insulation will go on the ceiling. I bought a Bauer shop vac and wow what a help. I liked your idea with the PVC pipe and myself included tried the rigged extension from the vacuum and it too didn't work in tight spaces. My knees and butt hurt for days after crawling around the trusses and balancing on them.

[kevinhair]

Great video. I started manually raking. After watching your video I will now look into a rental.

[isaheatodd]

My companie does these and it can be grueling work. Definitely feel accomplished after you've completed 1 of those attic jobs

[wesg]

I have a similarly sized attic. It hurts just thinking about going back up there. Thanks for the video.

[RetiredUnderachiever]

Lol blame it on Matt! Totally how I found your video 😂 thanks for sharing. Great job 👏

[blakenorthrup]

Oooon, the build show! Haha, yeah, Matt Reisinger has helped me kick some home renovation projects into gear too. If i ever hit the lottery, I'm getting that dude to build my house. 👍😁

[shawncasinader]

You also want to have pieces of plywood to put on top of the beams so you can sit on top of and not fall through the drywall ceiling. Also knee pads make the project a lot easier.

[michaelastefanick]

We have this on our "want to do" list in spring of 2021! Thanks for the video!

[NaeomiZoe]

Thanks for the inspiration! Now I feel like I can tackle this! Let’s hope I’m not wrong 😅! Great video! Thanks for the tips!

[jeffking]

Indeed. Resinger and his energy efficiency efforts led me here lol

[jeffconley]

My new old house needs this done. I to blame Matt and now I blame you also.
Mine needs air sealed real bad.

[Arc-]

Matt strikes again! Thanks for sharing.

[laurants]

Yes, Matt Risinger also got me into renovating my own home.

[kimchee]

Did one house removing the old blown in insulation with a vacuum cleaner with a 2.5" long hose. Didn't need to rent special equipment. The second house after moved in, removing the old blown in was just to hard and time consuming. Maybe getting old. Plus the pink stuff was only 2" thick, really no insulation at all. Lay on top unfaced R38 batt, huge difference. This winter much warmer without using so much energy. Watch out protruding nails from the roof, got me a few times and maneuvering between ceiling joists, at times on all fours getting into the corners really tiring.

[RenaudLabesse]

Where did you get those bags? And how much were they? Doing this soon...thanks for the video...