So after the gas line was put in and the plumbing for the pot filler was put in, Paul added the foam board insulation. Foam board insulation sheathing reduces heat conduction through structural elements, like wood and steel studs (thank you google).
I happened to come home while he was finishing the foam board and was about to put the nasty pink fiberglass back in between the studs. I don't know why the dirt and nastiness bothered me so much, could it have been I thought termites still lurked in there, or I just didn't want termite dirt or any kind of dirt touching my new sheet rock. I sometimes don't understand the processes that go through my mind.
So, I said to Paul "are you putting that crap back in the walls?" He looked at me and said yes unless you want me to go buy brand new insulation. Well I didn't want him to spend that money, but I did ask him to take off most of the dirt before he put the fiberglass back in. So he did.
Walls ready to be sheetrocked
Now I really felt bad for him, because this is a nasty job in which he had to wear long sleeves and a mask in order not to inhale any fiberglass. And I thought I had made him do it - UNTIL, we were talking the other day and I said I was sorry for him having to wade through all that insulation and he told me "I was planning on taking about a half inch off anyway for the foam board to fit. You don't want to know what went through my mind at that point.
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