Old fashioned mamma
02-08-2004, 04:57 PM
Our kitchen was partially insulated. We had done a complete wall and part of a wall when we insulated the upstairs.
Yesterday when dh came home from work, we were talking about it still being cold in one area and also talking about our cupboards. I have wanted new cupboards since we moved here, but kept thinking of the cost. We decided we would take the one cupboard off the wall and insulate the rest of the wall yesterday. Here is what we did.
~we tore off the plaster and lathe.
~we needed 4 - 2 x 2's. Dh went into our gardening shed and found a couple old 2 x 4's that he wasn't using. Cost $0
~we needed R20 x 15 insulation. We had R20 x 24 which dh had left over from insulating the attic in his workshop. We got out the exacto knife and cut it to fit perfect. Cost $0
~we needed plastic to put over the insulation, between the insulation and gyproc. We had some leftover from insulating our living room, cost $0
~gyproc needed to be put on the wall. We had a full sheet and partial sheet, again leftover from when we insulated the living room. Were using the leftovers. Cost $0
~we had screws and nails leftover from our previous insulating jobs.
I love being able to be self-sufficient and being able to do all our own work. Not even sure the amount we saved in doing the actual job ourselves. I know it would have been in the hundreds of $$. But because of our self-sufficiency, we not only didn't pay a penny for the work, all the supplies didn't cost anything either.
Yesterday when dh came home from work, we were talking about it still being cold in one area and also talking about our cupboards. I have wanted new cupboards since we moved here, but kept thinking of the cost. We decided we would take the one cupboard off the wall and insulate the rest of the wall yesterday. Here is what we did.
~we tore off the plaster and lathe.
~we needed 4 - 2 x 2's. Dh went into our gardening shed and found a couple old 2 x 4's that he wasn't using. Cost $0
~we needed R20 x 15 insulation. We had R20 x 24 which dh had left over from insulating the attic in his workshop. We got out the exacto knife and cut it to fit perfect. Cost $0
~we needed plastic to put over the insulation, between the insulation and gyproc. We had some leftover from insulating our living room, cost $0
~gyproc needed to be put on the wall. We had a full sheet and partial sheet, again leftover from when we insulated the living room. Were using the leftovers. Cost $0
~we had screws and nails leftover from our previous insulating jobs.
I love being able to be self-sufficient and being able to do all our own work. Not even sure the amount we saved in doing the actual job ourselves. I know it would have been in the hundreds of $$. But because of our self-sufficiency, we not only didn't pay a penny for the work, all the supplies didn't cost anything either.