So, I'm a bit of a sucker for a bargain which often leads me to undertake more projects than I should, but when you run across 30 sheets of inch and a half poly iso-insulation for a total of 75 bucks, you don't just turn down that 75% off discount.
Fast forward to this evening when I am in the process of putting up the last sheet in the back corner of the pole barn ceiling. All the sheets are hung, but I like to spray foam the gap's from the top side. At one point earlier in the day, I had thought this through on the last sheet and had decided that foaming it from the bottom would be prudent, especially since it is getting a coat of andeck fire guard anyway. Unfortunately I had forgotten this prudent decision.
To this end I had laid out a piece of lumber across the trusses so that I could climb up and foam that last sheet. All the other sheets could be done from the ladder. I succeeded in filling the far gaps, but as I shifted to extricate myself I managed to bring the piece of lumber with me and the end of it off the truss. I then went headfirst 8 feet to the ground, with a brief encounter with my workbench along the way.
Fortunately, I had cleared most everything off the workbench, so I didn't impale myself or anything but pretty much everything hurts and I have a fabulous collection of bruises and scrapes. There was a inch and a quarter drywall nail sticking out of a piece of lath that I had started to hang, which was bent approximately 15° as my belly flab caught it. I also tore a S hook out of my pegboard with my left butt cheek.
Some takeaways:
When you decide to do something the safe and prudent way, you should probably take your own advice.
A sheet of inch and a half poly iso-makes a 210 pound body riding an 8 foot headfirst fall much more pleasant.
It is possible to feel like you have disemboweled yourself, without actually disemboweling yourself.
When you are nearing the end of the project, but are starting to get tired, just be willing to put it aside.
Fast forward to this evening when I am in the process of putting up the last sheet in the back corner of the pole barn ceiling. All the sheets are hung, but I like to spray foam the gap's from the top side. At one point earlier in the day, I had thought this through on the last sheet and had decided that foaming it from the bottom would be prudent, especially since it is getting a coat of andeck fire guard anyway. Unfortunately I had forgotten this prudent decision.
To this end I had laid out a piece of lumber across the trusses so that I could climb up and foam that last sheet. All the other sheets could be done from the ladder. I succeeded in filling the far gaps, but as I shifted to extricate myself I managed to bring the piece of lumber with me and the end of it off the truss. I then went headfirst 8 feet to the ground, with a brief encounter with my workbench along the way.
Fortunately, I had cleared most everything off the workbench, so I didn't impale myself or anything but pretty much everything hurts and I have a fabulous collection of bruises and scrapes. There was a inch and a quarter drywall nail sticking out of a piece of lath that I had started to hang, which was bent approximately 15° as my belly flab caught it. I also tore a S hook out of my pegboard with my left butt cheek.
Some takeaways:
When you decide to do something the safe and prudent way, you should probably take your own advice.
A sheet of inch and a half poly iso-makes a 210 pound body riding an 8 foot headfirst fall much more pleasant.
It is possible to feel like you have disemboweled yourself, without actually disemboweling yourself.
When you are nearing the end of the project, but are starting to get tired, just be willing to put it aside.
