[Greenbuilding] Cellulose settling/Siding removal

[Robert W. Tom]

On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:23:10 -0400, Reuben Deumling <9watts at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> I'm uncertain how I would tie my exterior
> wall/Larsen truss to the house if I leave the asbestos in place.


I'm afraid that I've all of this thread and since the List archives are  
still inaccessible I don't know any of the specifics of the building to be  
retrofitted so apologies if this message seems completely out of touch.

One approach to the above problem was to use sheet metal clips (sort of  
like joist hangers)attach short 2x3 stand-offs to an existing frame  
dwelling (siding left in place) to carry 2x3 curtain wall studs and create  
a superinsulation cavity to be filled with blown-in cellulose.

 From what I recall of the description of the process, they blew in the  
cellulose (this was in the days before wet-sprayed dense-pack) and then  
beat the $#!+ out of the walls in order to pre-settle the cellulose after  
which they removed the easily-demountable trim board at the soffit and  
topped up the insulation.

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Rob Tom
Kanata, Ontario,Canada
<ArchiLogic at chaffyahoo dot ca>
(winnow the chaff from my edress in your reply)