On Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 9:22:37 PM UTC-4, wrote:
Watching Home Free on TV. One of the teams was
assigned to insulate the attic in a Georgian Revival.


They were stapling batts in the roof rafters. I was brought
up to believe that you insulate rafters ONLY if attic was to
be occupied at least 90% of the time, and to insulate
just the attic deck(above the top floor ceilings).


Have things changed here in good ol 2015?

If there is rafter insulation there should also be baffles to allow airflow from the soffit vents to the roof vents, assuming those exist.

I know that since we had our roof redone with full soffit vents cut, a ridge vent added, and then a DIY baffle installation, my attic is much, much cooler. We don't have rafter insulation, just joist bay insulation, so the baffles are just for where the insulation goes down towards the soffits.

We use our crawl space attic for storage and it so much easier to be up there now that the new ventilation system is in place. I wonder if they also insulated the access opening or staircase. I built a box from 1" foil faced foam insulation to go over my pull down stairs.