Installing insulation is one of those trades that requires a certain amount of mental stamina in addition to a sufficient level of physical fitness. You may wonder what the mental aspect of it consists of. One aspect where this comes into play is that due to getting paid by the metre, you may feel that you are working for free until you actually cut open the first bag of ceiling insulation and install it. It is an illusion of course, a game your mind plays on you, as the payment you receive per metre of installing insulation does amply cover the ‘lost time’ of loading and unloading insulation not to mention travel to site.

Keeping a Positive Outlook with Roof Insulation

Every insulation job is different and it is important to maintain a positive outlook even if some jobs are harder than others. If you end up with a particularly unpleasant roof insulation job, think to yourself: luckily, I don’t get these challenging jobs every day! This has a better affect on your morale than telling yourself from the get go that it is an ‘impossible’ job.

It takes a really positive attitude to see the big picture every day and not get downcast by the obstacles you encounter throughout your day that lower your average hourly output.

Things That May Test Your Positive Outlook

There are many things that could potentially dampen your enthusiasm for installing insulation. Small-time builders on a tight budget are always a worry. Even after a week of rain, they will refuse to shell out the necessary dollars to have some crushed rock delivered to site and spread around the house. When you as an installer turn up to a site like this you need to be solutions orientated. Perhaps some planks laid out between the front door and the driveway is all that is needed for you to get your insulation bales, at least semi dry and clean into the house.

These same builders can also be the type that don’t bother ensuring adequate cleaning up after each stage of construction is carried out. Entering a house to find sawdust, offcuts, nails and empty energy drink cans strewn around site pushes even the most cheerful installer’s patience to its outer limits.  These budget builders will also typically stay around site hoping for some kind of a discount, asking you as the installer to ‘just do this section quickly as well’ and demanding you use every single scrap of insulation so none of it goes to waste.

Physical Fitness is an Advantage

As we can see, the mental aspect of the job encompasses quite a broad range of issues ranging from one’s own state of mind to external influences that can crop up on any given day and affect motivation and morale. Being physically fit is advantageous and will compliment a positive state of mind fantastically as well as making the manual labour of loading/unloading insulation that little bit easier. Starting off with a good night’s sleep is never a bad idea in any job either. 

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