If you need to open up a bundle of fiberglass insulation, you could just slice the bag with a utility knife and let the whole compressed package explode, but there’s a better way. Scott Knowles, of Vasalia, Calif., is a remodeling contractor, and he often needs one or two pieces of fiberglass insulation to finish a job. To keep the rest of the bundle intact, Scott slices a large X across the bundle, allowing the batts to be pulled out like tissues from a box.
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It's Visalia, CA, not Vasalia.
The first piece of insulation popped out "just like a box of tissues" That was funny!
How does this work with unfaced batts?