Can it get any hotter...

[gsganzer]

...then working in an attic in the middle of a Texas summer?

I spent 6 hours working in the attic yesterday. I started at 7 am and finally finished at 1:00 pm. I had to run new electrical to the master bath remodel, install some can lights, run HVAC duct and demo some old wiring. To add insult to injury, my attic has the old rock wool insulating batts that just seems to crumble and throw up dust when you work in it. It sticks to sweat real well.

I'm sure some others that have had to do similar work can sympathize with me. I'm still recovering from getting roasted, broiled and baked.

 

[waynokakid]

Not many places hotter!!! Except same situation in the Missouri Ozarks. I wasn't in the attic but was under and around the eaves spraying for insects. Mostly wasps. I know what you mean 'bout the rock wool insulation. Sticks to ya like crazy. That's the same as in my attic. You didn't by chance take a thermometer with ya to check, scientifically, how much you were suffering. Better grab a bunch of cold ones and recupirate today

 

[Bird]

Aah, yes, I've been there a few times. The house we bought in '77 had no ceiling fans or even lights; i.e., no electric wiring to the middle of the ceiling in any of the rooms. I ran the wiring, added some bracing, and installed 4 ceiling fans one day; nearly killed me. I'd work in the attic awhile, come down, drink a BIG glass of iced tea, and go back. It was miserable. Then later, I went to Ardmore, OK, and did the same thing for my parents in their house.

 

[midlf]

Nope - nothing hotter. That's why I save the attic work for Dec to March.

 

[PineRidge]

...then working in an attic in the middle of a Texas summer?

I spent 6 hours working in the attic yesterday. I started at 7 am and finally finished at 1:00 pm. I had to run new electrical to the master bath remodel, install some can lights, run HVAC duct and demo some old wiring. To add insult to injury, my attic has the old rock wool insulating batts that just seems to crumble and throw up dust when you work in it. It sticks to sweat real well.

I'm sure some others that have had to do similar work can sympathize with me. I'm still recovering from getting roasted, broiled and baked.

When you need to work in a attic in the summer put a sprinkler on the roof the day before, turn it on, and let it run. It will make the attic a lot more pleasant to work in, take it from an old HVAC guy.

 

[RedRocker]

Man that's krazy!!!!! You're lucky to be alive.

 

[RobertN]

...then working in an attic in the middle of a Texas summer?
To add insult to injury, my attic has the old rock wool insulating batts that just seems to crumble and throw up dust when you work in it. It sticks to sweat real well.

This sounds corny, but an old trick someone told me, is to wipe down with an old pair of ladies nylon stockings when you finish around insulation. The nylons are staticy, and will pick up the slivers of insulation. Have tried this in the past; seems to work pretty well.

The other thing is to rinse/wash up with cool water. If you use hot water, it opens up you skin pores, allowing insulation slivers to work thier way in deeper, making it harder to scrub them off.

 

[gsganzer]

This sounds corny, but an old trick someone told me, is to wipe down with an old pair of ladies nylon stockings when you finish around insulation. The nylons are staticy, and will pick up the slivers of insulation. Have tried this in the past; seems to work pretty well.

Ummm....I think I'll stick with the sticky lint roller. I don't even want to imagine what my wife would think if she caight me rubbing her nylons all over myself!!

 

[OKnewguy]

On the lady nylon note....I used to install home theater systems. My company hired an old alarm man who had been installing alarms for years. The first time I worked with him, he took out a pair of BIG ladies nylons/panty hose. He then cut a hole in the crotch and cut the feet off and pulled them on his arms and over his head. Man I thought the guy was wierd, but he was the only one on the crew that was not itching up a storm at the end of the day. That guy was a wire fishing genius, he tought all of youngsters a thing or two about fishing wire to outside walls and other difficult area's. BTW, when we found out the pantyhose were from his wife, he never heard the end of it, they were HUGE!
Dave

 

[wroughtn_harv]

When you need to work in a attic in the summer put a sprinkler on the roof the day before, turn it on, and let it run. It will make the attic a lot more pleasant to work in, take it from an old HVAC guy.

Hmmmmmm, around here, around now, a nice rounded number=fine.

We're only allowed to water one day a week and only between certain hours. We're not allowed to wash our cars at home and we're not allowed to have water running down the driveway or street. Watering the roof would probably get a neighbor to call the city which would get a visit none of us would want.