After insulating my attic from the elements, I decided to make an effort to keep it scrub and use it for storage.
- Before I came up here to make my improvements, there was enough dust and cobwebs in here to fill the bed of a pickup truck.
I used my shop vacuum and filled the drum twice celebration everything bit of dust and dirt that I could find. Insulating the attic wasn’t difficult because of the reflective foil insulation that I bought. It’s lightweight and easy to work with, however it’s also incredibly effective at reflecting radiant UV rays from the sun. The reflective foil insulation looks almost identical to sunlight visors for cars, however usually the foam core is more robust. Some people use the same thing however with bubble wrap inside instead of foam; personally, I know this results in less UV reflection. Between the cleaning and the current insulation, my attic is shaping up to be a lovely storage space. I like to keep my space oil furnace and portable cooling system up there whenever I’m not using them. The portable cooling system is for emergencies while the space oil furnace is used every year while in Winter time for added heat in my dining room. It was the minute month of November so I decided to pull the space oil furnace out of storage and turn it on to start using it again. Without fail, my space oil furnace typically produces a gross odor when it’s used again after a long period in storage. It’s a natural byproduct of dust and dirt settling on the heating coils and burning off when the equipment is powered on again. After an minute or so of burn-off time, usually the space oil furnace loses its gross odor.