Safe we may be, but Sound we have not. We have an alarm system installed now along with all the other house systems so we are probably safer than we were. Electrical, mechanical and plumbing have all passed inspection and the Framing inspection was supposed to occur today. Also, though we have a whole heap of insulation. We have rigid polystyrene. We have fiberglass batts. Some with paper, some without. We have blown-in fiberglass. We have Icynene. Don't know what any of this is? See the pictures for some brief explanations. The long and short of it is you can't have an energy efficient house (or it's definitely a lot more difficult) if you don't have insulation. And, like I said, we have heaps of it. Our first house in Atlanta had insulation in the roof, but none in the floors or walls (brrr). Our second house had more of it, but it was falling down in the crawl space. This house has it everywhere you can have it and when you walk in and shut the door, it's like stepping into a vaccuum. You can barely hear the street noise at all. The benefit of insulation for energy's sake is that it is also good for sound. Shortly, we will have a painted exterior, drywall, and other interesting stuff.To answer a question I keep hearing day in and day out....We will probably and hopefully be moving in at the end of August or first of September.
A rare look in the garage with cake batter (Icynene - or spray-foam insluation) on the ceiling.
Spray-foam in the ceiling (cut to fit in the rafters) and blown-in stuff in the walls.
Spray-foam up in the bonus room,
Spray-foam in the attic
Blown-in stuff in the living room.
cut a hole in it and then blow it full (chock full) of fiberglass fluff.
Blown-in stuff in our bedroom. The diagonal wall is interesting huh?
You can also see the ceiling insulation for sound control.
Spray-foam in between the floors next to the stair.
