Gale Tedhams: Hi, I'm Gale Tedhams and I'm from Owens Corning and we're talking about adding insulation to your attic. We've talked about product options, now let's talk about how to prepare for the job. Good preparations will make the job go smoother. We'll talk about the tools we're going to need. First we'll need a stapler, and that will be used to staple that attic vent baffles up to the roof deck. Then we have our measuring tape to measure both the attic and the depth of insulation.

Also to cut the batts, we recommend a box cutter and then a straight-edge, you can use a 2x4 or a metal straight-edge, just to make sure that you get a smooth cut. We'll show that later how you do it. Now for safety your going to need a work light, so that you have good lighting for your job, and also a platform to stand on, so that it expands the joist, so you don't inadvertently step through the joist and into your ceiling.

Now it's often dusty in the attic, so you want to make sure that you wearing a long sleeve shirt that's loosely fitting, also we want to make sure we have good work gloves and also safety glasses and a dust mask. Okay, now we've got our tools, we've got our safety gear, we're ready to install some insulation.