Anyone recommend what type of netting or fabric that is typically used for blown cellulose insulation on sidewalls in new constrcution.  Can't really find any product names.  Thanks

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Thanks Greentree!!

Greentree, can you recommend a quqlity blowing machine to rent for a complete home job.  I will be putting up netting on the vaulted ceiling and the side walls.  Thank You

It will be probably be tough to find a machine for rent that is capable to dense pack cellulose. You will probably find a yard with a Force 2 if anything. Whatever the brand it needs to be capable of a minimum of 2.9 psi static pressure I believe.
I would recommend you not do this yourself if you haven't done it before, most likely you will not have your netting tight enough, overblow cavities and achieve inconsistent density.

The Force-1s commonly rented at box stores can deliver the necessary 80"water-column (2.9psi) pressure if seals & hoses are all in good shape (not so much if it's wheezy beater), but don't come with reducers & dense-packing tubes- you'd have to fabricate those. With a little bit of practice hitting ~3.2lbs density with a 1" dense-packing tube isn't tough- just time-consuming with an underpowered blower.

With Krendls & Force-2s & 3s its possible to crank them up to drywall-screw-popping pressures, and not necessarily the best choice for amateurs, even though they work better/quicker than lower horsepower blowers like the Force-1.

There's a fair amount of art/experience to dense-packing in netting too (as greentree alludes to). Hiring it out isn't bad advice, unless you just LOVE learning all about it by trial & error. (If you're one of the latter, google "Rick Karg" for 1001 notes about installing cellulose.)

if you apply the netting to the face of the stud, and then go back and stitch the netting back in for a proper install, I would not worry too much about bulging the netting out, especially with the HD beauty. Sometimes you can get lucky and rig up the end to use a shop vac reducer for example.

Before DIYing an insulation install I'd recommend you have it priced out to have it done. It's not uncommon to be able to get insulation installed at the same price you can buy the material for.

Posted By Matt G on 15 Jan 2011 10:17 AM
Before DIYing an insulation install I'd recommend you have it priced out to have it done. It's not uncommon to be able to get insulation installed at the same price you can buy the material for.

...or even less than the material cost in states/localities were weatherizing is highly subsidized (such as MA, where the subsidy for many insulation projects is as high as 75%).