Final Insulation is Complete

The workers completed the final insulation stage yesterday, which included blow-in insulation in the walls, covering the polystyrene pre-insulation, and roll-in insulation bats for the ceiling and interior walls.  We put the roll-in insulation in the interior walls to help block noise between rooms, especially in the bathroom walls and the laundry room walls.

Walking through the house with the insulation in really was a stark difference than from a week ago. Everything was so muffled and quiet.  It made the house feel really solid and cozy.

Filling the rounded wall of the piano room

Guest Bedroom

Guest Bathroom

Bedroom #4

Laundry room, with insulation in wall toward bedroom #4

Kitchen

This was an interesting look: the insulation fills only the stairway in the garage wall

Master bedroom, with insulated wall of master bathroom

Master Bedroom. Part of the wall is outside, and part is an interior wall.

Stem Wall Forms

With the footers poured and cured for a few days, the Wall Company came back and erected the forms for the stem walls.  The walls were quite impressive, with some of the taller ones coming in at over 12 feet tall.  Eventually, they will be backfilled, but nonetheless, it was quite an impressive structure.

View of Rebar Inside the Stem Wall Forms