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Saturday, July 7, 2012

500 Lbs. of Wool in the Ceiling

Finally! The seemingly endless bags of wool that ruled my house have disappeared...they now live above plastic sheeting between my rafters, keeping my house cool underneath the beating sun. All the wool is gone, and in fact I'm 10-20 lbs. short. I'm going to find that in the next week or so, hopefully close by, and finish up the job.

I mixed the wool with borax for added mold and moth protection. I don't anticipate problems with either, however: the climate is very dry and I expect the lanolin will deter the moths. Then we fluffed it. Depending on the type of fleece--I was, for the most part, dealing with whole, unwashed fleeces--it can prove anywhere from extremely easy to quite tedious to fluff. We used staples to connect the plastic to the rafters and we stuffed the cavities with the fluffed wool, leaving about an inch of space on top as a vented air cavity.

I notice the difference inside. The temperature does not flux much day or night. By the time winter rolls around and everything is nicely sealed (and I have some curtains for that glass) I will be boiling inside. 4982798749827987
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2 comments:

  1. DerexJuly 15, 2012 at 11:22 AM

    Place is really looking great. Been following your progress for a couple months now. I'm about to place an order on bags/tubes and remember seeing your research on suppliers. Can you point me in the direction of that posting? I'm leaning toward raschel mesh tubes from bagsupplies.com Wish we were closer to Taos (live outside San Antonio) we'd be helping you out in person.

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    1. Aly b.July 18, 2012 at 11:11 AM

      I got my bags from Volmbag.com. If you're going with tubes, I think bagsupplies (if that's that Canadian company mentioned on the natural building blog) is the way to go. They didn't have tubes in stock when I started so it wasn't an option. That was a blessing in disguise though. Since I did most of the bagging alone, using tubes would have been somewhere near impossible. With two people doing most of the work it becomes a better idea and with three or more I think ideal. Are you guys building down near San Antonio?

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