Fun in the attic
pdxfj
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I live in a house that was built in 1946. Very little has been done to it over the years and it's about 80% original since the day it was built. There is no insulation in the walls, and what is in the attic does not count as any kind of insulation.
It is a finished attic that runs the length of the house. There are of course two unfinished areas. I was able to put in about 350 sq/ft of R30 in half of the attic space since there is an access door. The other half has no access and a small closet splitting up the unfinished area.
So the time comes to cut into the walls of the closet to gain access to an area of the house no one has been in since 1946 or so. Holes cut and my father ready to cut lengths of R30 and hand them to me, I find one rather disturbing issue.
At the far end of the house about 20 feet from where I cut into the wall I see something.. my gut says it is nothing good..after I lay down some plywood to walk on I'm presented with the largest Wasp nest I've ever seen. My father has a few choice words about my objection to the nest (wimp, etc). That is until he goes the 20 feet in the confined space to see for himself.
Even the exterminator that came out to spray the nest had a few choice words when she saw how massive it is.
Picture below is the nest. The bulging areas under the original insulation (black/grey stuff) are more dormant wasps. I am hoping that they did not find some small hole into the wall below that would require me to cut into the outside of the house.
Clean up will be this weekend with my 5hp shop vac and a friend who's crazy enough to do the work.. well.. some cash helps as well.. I'll post more pics later as things get cleaned up.
It is a finished attic that runs the length of the house. There are of course two unfinished areas. I was able to put in about 350 sq/ft of R30 in half of the attic space since there is an access door. The other half has no access and a small closet splitting up the unfinished area.
So the time comes to cut into the walls of the closet to gain access to an area of the house no one has been in since 1946 or so. Holes cut and my father ready to cut lengths of R30 and hand them to me, I find one rather disturbing issue.
At the far end of the house about 20 feet from where I cut into the wall I see something.. my gut says it is nothing good..after I lay down some plywood to walk on I'm presented with the largest Wasp nest I've ever seen. My father has a few choice words about my objection to the nest (wimp, etc). That is until he goes the 20 feet in the confined space to see for himself.
Even the exterminator that came out to spray the nest had a few choice words when she saw how massive it is.
Picture below is the nest. The bulging areas under the original insulation (black/grey stuff) are more dormant wasps. I am hoping that they did not find some small hole into the wall below that would require me to cut into the outside of the house.
Clean up will be this weekend with my 5hp shop vac and a friend who's crazy enough to do the work.. well.. some cash helps as well.. I'll post more pics later as things get cleaned up.
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The important question here is, what did the female exterminator look like?--Gary--
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Great picture. Thanks for getting it!
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Holy crap!!!!!
I bought a house once that had a summer kitchen. In the east wall it had a honey bee nest that covered about 4 ft diameter circle in the wall. The bee keeper said it was the largest hes seen or heard of in 30 years. This puts that to shame my friend. The honey bees can be smoked. You smoke these guys and you have a fight on your hands! Good luck to the "buddy" of yours! If he gets it done without being stung (bee honest lol) send me an invoice via Paypal (pm for info) for a 12 pack of beer! Badass! project he's about to get himself into!
1C!
That's nukkin futs man !Too much **** to list....
