• nieceandtows@programming.devOPM
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    I don’t remember seeing any poop. Maybe I’ll go up and check again. He also showed me some gaps in the insulation and said that’s made by mice to get around. . He also said the insulation is 12 inches which is low and to gave me a quote for $8000 to remove existing insulation and blow new insulation (because there would be rat poop inside). Or $6000 to blow on top of old insulation.

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      1 year ago

      I don’t know about how prices are in your area but that seems incredibly expensive.

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        Yeah I have zero idea. I’m a first time homeowner. He didn’t find any actual issues, but ended up giving me a quote for $13000 total.

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          So where I am we don’t use blown insulation like this, so please take this with a pinch of salt, but…

          I redid 50m^2 of roof insulation in my house to exceed the insulation standards in my area and the cost of all the (very high spec) insulation sheets and materials was just over £3000. I don’t know about loose insulation that gets blown like in your picture, but I just wanted to contextualise why I thought the price seemed high.

          If it was me, I’d set up a couple of cameras and mouse traps to see if you get anything. If not, add that company to your big book of Bullshit and chalk this down to a good lesson learned. Owning a home can be stressful and expensive enough without scamming dingbats making things more difficult.

          If you do end up with mice in the traps, it would be worth getting a quote from another company, juuuust in case.

          Good luck OP!