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Have taken the liner out and the insulation on the bottom is shot.  Can I replace the insulation with normal housing insulation?  Should I replace all insulation?  Also found somethimg that I thought was strange, in the bottom there was a strip of wood on each side that the liner was resting on, they had used pieces of plywood roughly 2 3/4 by 22, I'll replace with treated pieces cut from a 2x6.  Was that comon practice or sound strange to you all too?

Thanks,

Yea, just use regular insulation.  Remove the backing before you put it in the machine.  Also, I'm not sure how far you have dug in to the archives, but when you are ready to put the liner back in grab some cardboard.  Put the insulation in, put a piece of cardboard on the bottom, set the liner on the cardboard, stick pieces of cardboard on the top and sides inside the machine.  Push the liner in and pull the cardboard out.  This way you are not pushing the insulation back as you are putting the liner in.

Thanks Brent, this project just keeps gettin more interesting each piece I take a part on the machine.  Maybe those were cardboard strips on the bottom, I thought that they had used them as a spacer, one to keep the liner from compressing the insulation and also to keep the liner in line with all the mounting screw holes and releiving any type of pressure.  I didn't see that about the cardboard in the archives, thanks for the heads-up, I think you saved me some grief.   :smile:

Thanks again,

Those are spacers and you will need those to help with the weight
 of every thing in there . If there in bad shape
a ceder 2x4 will work  cut it down to the size that you need and there you go.
 :smile:
  And the card board trick does work.  :smile:
Pat

I searched for a few minutes and found this thread...

Need Insulation Tips (http://soda-machines.com/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,29/topic,6339.0;all/)

And this photo to show how this would work:

You know Jim that Should be in the Tip's area that is a great example
 of the card board trick ,I've done that a few times works like a charm. 8)

Pat

Jim,

Thanks for taking the time and finding that thread, that's excellent.  

Now, one last newbie question about insulation.  What thickness?  I was at HD and I can get it from 2 to 6 + inches thick depending on the R factor.  In the photo it looks like he used R30?  The stuff I took out was about 3 1/2 to 4 inches thick, don't know how much it has compressed over time thought.

Thanks,

I'm just about to replace the Insulation on my Jacobs so have been following this thread.

I'm not sure what the paper lined type is your guys refer to but over here we can get it covered in a thin polythene. I was going to use this type AND LEAVE THE POLYTHENE ON.

Is this good. My thoughts were two fold...

1. Easier to get in and no rashes.
2. Any moisture that does get in would be repelled by the covering...


Any comments greatly appreciated...

Dave

Dave that sound like it will work just fine :smile:

I use an R19 insulation Unfaced (no Paper),,, dave the stuff you have should work just fine..
The cardboad trick does work pretty good... there is another  trick with masking tape that works great to... I'll have to photograph it next machine I do, as it's just too hard to describe.

Thanks Guys..