Spur of the Moment House Project

So, we moved into our house about 10 years ago. As we looked around the house, we notice there was no insulation between the crawl space on the north end of our house and the upstairs (which is the master bedroom). We resolved that we would put in insulation in the next few months.

Ten years later, we finally got the job done. We had a few packs of leftover shingles from our roofing job and I wanted to store them in this crawl space (it's actually about 5 feet high when you first go in the access door, then it tapers down to about 3 feet). I thought about just setting the shingles on a raised piece of plywood and calling it good.


Justin Stapling


Well, I got a wild hair and told Denise I'm going to Home Depot to get some insulation. The crawl space had a bunch of garbage and cardboard and it stunk of moisture and moldy smells.

Paul Stuffing the Insulation

While I stuffed the insulation up between the joists, Justin and Nate took turns gathering scattered rocks, cleaning up some of the garbage and stapling the insulation in place.


Nate Stapling


I was impressed with the boys because Justin had just returned from an overnight 18 mile hike (getting ready for the 50-miler we're all going on in a few weeks). Nate had been busy with his lawn mowing business during the day.

But, they pitched in with minimal complaining and did a great job!

About 3 hours later, we spread out plastic sheeting to cover all the dirt and distributed rocks to hold it down. We put the shingles away and called it good then went for a refreshing swim!