Insulating with Recycled Blue Jeans (Cotton Fiber Insulation)
Who knew that you could use shredded blue jeans as insulation? I’m glad I found out… because the prickly, itchy, fiberglass insulation is gnarly to work with. (It also leaves fiberglass dust all over your house which is hard to fully clean and isn’t good to inhale.) I definitely recommend using Cotton Fiber Insulation instead. There are a few different brands out there. We used “UltraTouch” because we could buy it nearby, but they are all similar.
the joys of insulating
It’s safe, green and easy to work with. You just tear off chunks to fit snugly between the studs in the wall (the same way that you would with regular fiberglass insulation). Thick cotton insulation has a good R value too, so you can feel confident that it’s going to keep your house warm in the winter and cool in the summer. Here’s a helpful link you want more info on cotton versus fiberglass. The cotton’s slightly more expensive than fiberglass, but so worth it if you have to touch the stuff yourself!
installing it is easy
