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Originally Posted by GWN7

If you use the chart on the same page to factor raising your insulation value to R60 it would take 160 bags (for a 2000 sq ft building) and last time I bought the cellulose it was $5.15 a bag (2 yrs ago to insulate my son's attic) it would cost you under $1000 ...and that is factoring in the rental of the blower machine (if they don't offer it's use for free), coveralls, gloves and dust masks.

I've heard and read in several places that it's always cheaper to pay someone to insulate your attic than it is to DIY. I think I've heard that the total cost to have someone else do it is cheaper than the cost of the materials.

I haven't confirmed this myself.