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Insulation installation is not considered the most hazardous of jobs. It does, however, come with its own set of risks. The following risks and recommended practices are not exhaustive, and common sense should be used when undertaking these kinds of jobs. Wearing Adequate Personal Protective Equipment Before you start working, make sure that you are using appropriate PPE. Safety glasses and dust masks are recommended, particularly when working with insulation above your head, for example installing ceiling insulation from underneath. Most insulation installers wear a long-sleeved shirt and gloves when handling insulation, to prevent the millions of tiny fibres making contact with and irritating their skin. Some claim that having a cold shower at the end of the day is the best way of removing the fibres that have attached themselves to their skin. Safety Considerations up in the Roof Space The long sharp bladed knife serves to cut the insulation to fit where needed and while ti

Most roof insulation installers start very early in the day. Not because they naturally happen to be what some people refer to as “morning people” but simply because the roof space gets very hot as soon as the sun hits. On the warmest days this even comes to the point of unbearable or unsafe. So, the more work that the installer gets out of the way early in the day the better. After breakfast he loads up his vehicle with the bags of bulk insulation , plugs the first address into his GPS and then he is on his way. It’s a retrofit job; an old house that was never insulated is finally having thermal insulation installed in the roof. It Must Be the Wrong Address The insulation installer pulls up, gulps down the final contents of his coffee cup and gets out of the vehicle. After a few steps towards the house something doesn’t seem to be quite right. He must have been given the wrong address. He was expecting the typical pitched roof of many old houses, but this roof is