Wet Insulation Removal in the United States

For a practical next step, no, and the answer depends entirely on the material. Room by room, blown in cellulose mats down permanently and comes out.

To help your home recover, not permanently from clean water. Room by room, fiberglass itself does not absorb water into the glass, so a batt that dries and regains its loft performs again.

Room by room, because cellulose is ground paper. For a practical next step, it absorbs water into the fiber, packs down under the weight, and stays packed once dry, so the loft that did the insulating is gone.

After you describe the problem, nationally, removal and disposal run about $1.00 to $2.50 per square foot. Room by room, a whole attic of blown in material vacuumed out typically lands between $1,000 and $3,500.

To help your home recover, with an insulation vacuum. To help your home recover, a large hose runs from the attic to a machine and filter bags staged outside, so the material never travels through your rooms loose.

For a practical next step, do not do this in an attic or a crawl space. To help your home recover, attics combine live wiring, junction boxes, extreme heat and ceiling drywall you can fall through, and every year people are hurt doing exactly this.

For a practical next step, much heavier than it looks, because it is carrying water rather than air.