Insulation ... check!

One of those subtle progress pictures I mentioned earlier. She is now fully insulated, the blue tape and excessive foam have all been cleared away, and she's ready to have her rusty parts treated.

Tidying up

When all the foam was finally finished we went through and cut off the excess foam and then pulled the blue tape. This was one of those very satisfying jobs that everyone could help with, even kids who happen to be riding BMX bikes in the cul-de-sac could be pulled in to help. (Helmets are not mandatory for jobs like this, just highly recommended.) 

the storm before the calm

It's kind of a mess in there right now ...

spray foam

First off, I'm sorry for the lack of CWV posts and updates. Y'all the progress is slow and somewhat unimpressive to the naked eye. Or maybe just to my eye. And spray foam took at least a week. I asked for the finally tally of how many cans of spray foam were used to fill the guts of CWV, but still haven't gotten an answer. Lets just say TONS. And many trips to the hardware store. This stuff is cheaper by the dozen, and SBF came home with at least a dozen at a time. In some places the foam seeped out of the blue tape, but for the most part it heals pretty nicely. This is from the beginning of foaming, when we realized this is a much bigger job than anticipated.

blue tape

We covered all the little holes in the CWV with blue tape to prep her for spraying foam insulation. The goal is to make it as quiet in here as we can. Finally another easy job with no strong chemicals  I could/would actually help with.

ceiling insulation

The foam for insulating the ceiling was laid out and cut into panels earlier. SBF got some spray glue and sprayed the ceiling, then the panels, and got them all stuck on there nice and neat. It looked kind of amazing, except ... about an hour later most of them fell down. Grrrr. I'll find out what kind of glue he used and post it. He's gonna try another kind tomorrow. Once all of the insulation is done we can figure out wiring and then cover everything to make it pretty. I'm so ready for that part ...

Before all the panels came down. Looks pretty good ...