Putting up the ceiling insulation.....

When we decided to forgo the building of the big house, we knew we had to finish out the shop turned kitchen,living room, dining room AKA Main house , into a more livable space. We had the choice of framing out the ceiling , installing insulation and sheet rocking/ sheet metal finish or retrofitting insulation onto the ceiling. The cost /time difference was hugh , $3,000.00 (3 months) vs  $1,000.00 (2 weeks). The retrofitting is done on existing metal buildings with high ceilings. It will add 19 R   to the existing 10 R insulation we have already installed.

Thinking ahead we had to figure out a system that the 2 of us could do by ourselves and have a good looking finish with no leaks
.First we attached the steel bands to the top of the wall frame. Then we tucked the insulation into the void above the sheetrock straightening out the insulation as best we could so it was even and flat against the top of the sheetrock. Next we screwed in the steel band into the next perlin securing the insulation in place. As you can see there is a flap that will overlap the seam created by the next run of insulation.

To start with I measured the length of the space the insulation will go into, including the void above the sheetrock that the insulation will tuck into. ( the insulation was cut the width of the distance between the perlins by the manufacturer)
Then I marked it with the Insulation saw along the 4 foot T-square.

At the end I left a flap so as to hide the insulation when I installed it.

This was our setup, a roll of insulation ready to be installed laying on the scaffolding.

We had to tape the black plastic on the chicken wire to keep the insulation from catching/tearing on it when we pulled it over the conduit or bar joist.

In the two photos above I show where we kept the insulation up with tie-downs while we secured it with the steel bands.

We installed half of the length of the insulation (20 ft total, 10 ft at a time)

The finished ceiling looks like clouds!!! It makes an amazing difference in the temperature of the room!!!