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Insulating Wall Cavities with Fire-Rated Batts

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Abandoned Garage into a brand new garage (EP.5)

What happens here

Tools and materials

  • Gloves — Protecting hands from fiberglass irritation
  • Respirator mask — Protecting against inhalation of fiberglass particles
  • Utility knife — Cutting insulation to fit into non-standard cavity sizes

What they say

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boy 900 square feet of drywall let's go guys check out what showed up we finally got insulation we're ready to start insulating this puppy and we got drywall now for drywall you have to use a fire rated uh drywall it's 5 8 it's a type x uh specifically for the garages that's code what you have to do and for the screws I got inch and 5 8 core screws to accommodate all this let's start throwing this puppy up and finally see this thing get put together oh my God where how far did we get [Music] thank you [Music] I'm using the paperback insulation now it is a fire hazard only if you based off of the instructions of this manufacturer only if you don't install the fire rated drywall but because we're using fire ready drywall they're saying that it's okay for me to install it which makes my job very happy now I can install my insulation here yet because I don't have a backing to it so once I install drywall on this side I can then start putting insulation on the inside part and they should truck along just fine [Music] I can't believe I'm going to say this

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