The people from RISE Engineering gave us a proposal to put 14″ of insulation in our attic. The attic had a room in the back that needed to be demolished. Since we wanted to use the attic for storage and the existing joists were 6″ deep, I put 2″ x 8″ joists, perpendicular to the existing joists and demolished everything that had to go. I know from my bill at the dump that I removed 3000 pounds of garbage. In the process, we updated all knob and tube wiring to modern romex. In all, it’s really clean and satisfying to be done with such a major project.
Gratuitous Gallery
two truckloads like this to the dump 
Facing West, after project 
Facing West, during demolition. The center section had no insulation at all. 
Facing East, after project 
oops! put my foot through the floor/ceiling 
new subfloor installed 
insulation down, floorboards are ready to lay 
There was a room in the attic, with hardwood floors and a heat radiator. Archeological evidence suggests that a teenage boy lived there in the 1960s.
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