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Attic electrical outlet sealing
I recently put up a ceiling fan and felt a lot of cool air coming around
the ceiling outlet. What is the best way to seal ceiling outlets? I currently have 12" of blown in fiberglass. A friend suggested a cap to go over the outlet but I have not been able to find one at lowes & home depot. Any suggestions?? |
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Attic electrical outlet sealing
jst wrote:
I recently put up a ceiling fan and felt a lot of cool air coming around the ceiling outlet. What is the best way to seal ceiling outlets? I currently have 12" of blown in fiberglass. A friend suggested a cap to go over the outlet but I have not been able to find one at lowes & home depot. Any suggestions?? Perhaps try a "real" building supply outlet? An electrical supply house might have them too, call around. If you can't find them you can always cut some regular 4 mil plastic sheeting to rest over the box in the attic and duct tape it to the sheetrock and then put the insulation back over it. If it's a ceiling fan box there won't be any heat issues like there are with recessed lights. Pete C. |
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jst wrote: I recently put up a ceiling fan and felt a lot of cool air coming around the ceiling outlet. What is the best way to seal ceiling outlets? I currently have 12" of blown in fiberglass. A friend suggested a cap to go over the outlet but I have not been able to find one at lowes & home depot. Any suggestions?? I'd just caulk it. |
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Attic electrical outlet sealing
Why not just put a sealing gasket on it?
http://amconservationgroup.com/catalog.aspx?catid=237 "jst" wrote in message news I recently put up a ceiling fan and felt a lot of cool air coming around the ceiling outlet. What is the best way to seal ceiling outlets? I currently have 12" of blown in fiberglass. A friend suggested a cap to go over the outlet but I have not been able to find one at lowes & home depot. Any suggestions?? |
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Attic electrical outlet sealing
Did that with my fan ceiling boxes. The fit was loose in the drywall, so I
foamed the box around and over the top from the attic side then dropped the Fiberglas insulation down over the wet foam and left. Worked well, needed a little excess trimmed from underside of the ceiling so be sure to have a drop cloth in place. wrote in message ... On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 20:46:54 -0600, jst wrote: I recently put up a ceiling fan and felt a lot of cool air coming around the ceiling outlet. What is the best way to seal ceiling outlets? I currently have 12" of blown in fiberglass. A friend suggested a cap to go over the outlet but I have not been able to find one at lowes & home depot. Any suggestions?? Foam it in with spray foam. That is what the builders use for draftstopping. |
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Attic electrical outlet sealing
On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 20:46:54 -0600, jst wrote:
I recently put up a ceiling fan and felt a lot of cool air coming around the ceiling outlet. What is the best way to seal ceiling outlets? I currently have 12" of blown in fiberglass. A friend suggested a cap to go over the outlet but I have not been able to find one at lowes & home depot. Any suggestions?? Bury it in great-stuff, from the attic side. |
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