"Buck Turgidson" wrote:

I have a small area (about 8' wide) that needs insulation. It is drywall
on furring strips on cinderblock. About half is below grade. Lowes
wouldn't rent me the blower since I didn't buy 20 bags of the stuff, and I
am not really keen on using it anyway, due to the mess.

Any ideas on how to install this stuff from the inside manually? I was
thinking of just opening a couple of 2" holes in each stud cavity, and
pouring it in with a funnel. Sounds time consuming, but it is a small area,
and I have a TV in the room to occupy me

You'd be wasting your time with cellulose. I love the stuff, but the
machine is needed to first fluff it up, and second to get it into all
the nooks and cranny's.

For 3/4 of an inch, I don't know if anything is worth your time-- but
vermiculite might give you an extra 'r' or 2. If the wall needs to
be insulated, I'd be trying to figure out how to get a real coat of
insulation there.

Jim