Patent ID: 6047518
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: E04B,E04F

Abstract:
A method for installing blown-in-place insulation at a prescribed density and thickness, the method comprising:providing a volume of space to be filled with said blown-in-place insulation;preselecting a density of said blown-in-place insulation when formed in situ in said space;locating within said space a container of known weight and volume;blowing at a given velocity and from a distance into at least a portion of said space to be filled, which portion of said space has said container located therein, a sufficient amount of an admixture comprising a fibrous insulation material, a fast setting liquid-activated adhesive and a liquid in an amount sufficient to activate said adhesive, to form in said container an in situ amount of insulation which fills said known volume of said container;removing said container from said space and weighing said container filled with said in situ formed insulation;determining the density of the in situ formed insulation from the known weight and volume of the container and the as weighed weight of the filled container; andcomparing said preselected density to said determined density of said in situ formed insulation.