Disclosure: Owens Corning provided a Home Depot gift card to cover the cost of this product in exchange for my honest opinion.
Or … Pink: The Color of Confidence
Note: This post comes complete with its own theme music. Enjoy!
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Maybe you noticed the addition of the Owens Corning logo to our site ( >> ). No? In the side bar, “proud member of . . . “ ? Right over there ( >> ) . . . . OK, I have to tell ya I am, well, pretty stoked about that. (Thanks.)
And as with some of the sponsorships I have taken on recently (only for betterment of the blog, of course), admittance into “the Owens Corning EcoTouch Insulation Review Panel” comes with perks. In this case, it comes with a gift card to my local Home Depot. It (the g’card) is charged up with enough credit to allow me to perform a fairly substantial (and much overdue) insulation project … on my house. Stoked!
Yes, the formal technical “Disclosure Language” can be found at the bottom of this post, but to nutshell — the plan is to insulate both my basement ceiling and the “sill” — the rim joists just below my first floor’s floor, and then to report back. I am to review Owens Corning’s newest technology EcoTouchTM.
. . . You know (and call it “foreshadowing”), I do have tendency to say good things about people that are good to us (my nature, sorry), and I have a feeling I will in fact like this product . . . a lot, and that I will in turn write nice things about it. I just need to make it to the point on my todo list, ‘Tis the Season, where I can wiggle the time to actually do the project.
But really, from the get go, this one was simply a no brainer for me. Owens Corning ihmo kills it (in a good way) with their marketing on this one. While they likely had my moxiful self at “Many people are quick to admit they lack the confidence to tackle home improvement projects. . . . ” The DIY Guy YouTube campaign sealed the deal. Haven’t seen it? Well . . . my post on it >> Building Moxie: This Here DIY Guy and/or I embedded it below.
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And come on! We have all been there . . . in some cases, complete with chain saw (ha! OK, maybe that one is just me). Well, if you are like me, in any way, then you probably have had your share of fun wrestling with the itchy aftermath of fiberglas fibers. And maybe you caught the moment above when our (shirt-sleeveless) “Guy” touches the insulation sans gloves. Yep, while can’t say I plan to roll around on a bed of it, I will put that no-gloves thing to the test.
Note: While OC still recommends protective glasses and work gloves for cutting, they do proclaim — no masks required!
About EcoTouch (via Owens Corning)
Strong and soft for easy installation, EcoTouch is high-performance insulation that offers excellent recovery characteristics and can be easily cut and split to insulate even odd shaped spaces. EcoTouch insulation is made with 99 percent natural materials, a minimum of 36 percent post-consumer recycled content and 58 percent total recycled content.
Available for purchase at The Home Depot, Owens Corning EcoTouch insulation keeps homes warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer, ultimately helping you reduce heating and cooling costs by up to $220 annually. The most affordable way to keep your home comfortable is to install insulation in your attic. Owens Corning makes this easy with its EcoTouchTM PINK® FIBERGLAS™ Batts & Rolls, which can be found in the building materials section of your local Home Depot store.
While it is suggested that insulating an attic is an easy go for ANY Diyer, again I will be insulating my basement and an adjacent “crawl space.” That post is here >> Insulating a Basement Ceiling in Old House. Thanks to Owens Corning and to you for visiting. Happy New Year all. ~jb