Charlie: David in Memorial has a Harvey question for you. He says they had three and a half feet for 10 days, and he says the original blown-in insulation needs to be replaced. He says, “Do you recommend sucking out the old insulation before putting the new insulation in?
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Tom: I don’t know about sucking out, but I would get anything that was wet for a long period of time out of there for sure and just replace it. I wouldn’t replace all the insulation in the house because you’ve got other things to do.
Charlie: Because I’m thinking you pull the insulation down out of the wall, that’s-
Tom: Yeah, you’re not going to get it back in.
Charlie: No.
Tom: And so unless you’re gutting all the walls, then you can go ahead and re-insulate and probably use a newer, better product, but …