Pulled the drywall off a first floor wall and some peanuts rained down on me. So I went up to the attic to investigate. Peanuts in the attic on top of the fiberglass insulation.
Don’t know if a previous owner had spilt a big bag of peanuts or what. I seriously hope they don’t think it was supplemental insulation.
jt8
“Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.”
— Ronald Reagan
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I see that from time to time. My guess is they figure they'll do it whenever they get something shipped in the foam penuts, and after the first of second time realize it isn't worth the effeort.
And, technically, I don't know if the poeanuts are fire rated and probably shouldn't be used in an open installation like that.
Is this the house in Chatham?
Yes, I've been having great fun over there as I burn my last few vacation days. Today I pulled in there at 9AM and didn't get back home until right at 11PM. Makes for a long day.
I have visions of what is going to happen to those peanuts when I put them in the top of the dumpster. Nice windy day like we've been having. Or better yet, wait until they pick the dumpster up and let the driver leave a cloud of them somewhere ;)
jt8
"Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first." -- Ronald Reagan
Around here if the driver arrives at the dump without a cover on his load they write him a ticket.
If ignorance is bliss why aren't more people
happy?
i marry 2 annoying things that enter our home- when my husband gets all those guitars off ebay, packed in loose peanuts, i stuff them into all those flimsy plastic bags from the grocery store for re-use in packaging. half-fill the bags, tie loosely and squeeze the air out then tighten; this makes the packets moldable.
if we have nothing to ship, i fill the bags full and deposit into the trash, bagged.
Edited 11/16/2005 7:13 pm ET by msm-s
"I seriously hope they don't think it was supplemental insulation."
True. Everybody knows that peanuts have poor insulation value. The R-value for walnuts is much better. Same for almonds and cashews. Macademias are the best, but they cost more.
Oh . . . you meant foam peanuts.
(what happens when you drink coffee on an empty stomach)
I figured this was just a continuation of the Calvin and Hobbs discussion.
If ignorance is bliss why aren't more people
happy?
but the squirrel value for the pecans and acorns is highest of all.
i sure wish someone had told me that before i insulated my attic with bridge mix -
Edited 11/15/2005 11:01 am ET by msm-s
Has anyone ever discovered their attic to be "insulated" with nut shells, compliments of the squirrels? I can remember a shower hut at a Scout camp in the Black Hills where the walls were FILLED with pine nuts.
If ignorance is bliss why aren't more people
happy?
There's some irony. Just got an email from DW about the squirrels in our attic. She works at home, and the noise they make is driving her nuts (ooooohhhh, bad pun).Any guesses what i'll be doing this weekend?
Reminds me that in 1979 - energy prices were going nuts, I was living in VT in a house that we frankly couldn't afford (interest rates were double digits), and my first child was born. I got an incredible deal on disposable diapers - basically bought more than a year's worth at once - I hauled them to the attic and layed out the individual bundles and nearly covered the whole floor. Hey, I had to store them somewhere! Wonder what the R value was ...
clever! talk about killing 2 turds with one stone...
Pampers = R-14Luvs = R-16Huggies Supremes = R-21
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HOW ABOUT THAT REZ GUY? UH HUH? ...He ain't Silesien I bet....wimp
eeeewwwwwww . . .
I worked on a house once where somebody had put straw in the attic.
I worked at a house museum here for several years - built in 1678. This is coastal CT, & they used eelgrass, dried & stuffed into the walls. You can still go down to Eelgrass Cove & get it, where it still washes in regularly.
Sure would make a hot fire.
It's hard enough keeping the bugs out without giving them condos.
jt8
"Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first." -- Ronald Reagan
watch out for big foam squirrels ...
or elephants.
one or the other is living up in that attic.
beware ...
Jeff
Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
watch out for big foam squirrels ...
Maybe someone left a velvatine easter bunny up there and he's been crapping out those peanuts for years. :)
jt8
"Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first." -- Ronald Reagan
Naw, it was a ferral nauga.
If ignorance is bliss why aren't more people
happy?
corinthian?
Jeff Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
corinthian?
genuine faux corinthian nauga. Don't settle for imitations.
jt8
"Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first." -- Ronald Reagan
A friend and I had a running joke whenever we saw a tacky old sofa/recliner: "you know how many naugas had to die to make that sucker?"
jt8
"Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first." -- Ronald Reagan
ditto my family, the implication being that it was a sad waste of naugha lives to make something so ugly.a local radio call-in swap meet in my parent's small town featured people regularly calling in to offer or to sell furniture made of "hognied"; i believe the 2 are related. :-)
Hard to beat good leather furniture. Has a comfortable feel that nauga can't compare to.
jt8
"Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first." -- Ronald Reagan