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Oregon Shepherd Loose Sheep Wool Insulation - 5# Craft Box

$42.00

Oregon Shepherd’s post-industrial loose sheep wool insulation in a 5-pound craft box is handy for small projects! Scroll down for more information.
Unfortunately, this product is indefinitely out of stock, please go here for our raw sheep wool insulation alternative

Here is a link to loose raw sheep wool insulation intended for fill-in
Here is a link to raw sheep wool insulation in batts intended for insulating vans
Here is a link to raw sheep wool insulation in batts intended for buildings
Click here for our larger 40 pound blow box for whole-house applications

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07-03-25

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Alex M.

07-02-25

Product arrived timely and was entirely correct. Made for a smooth project and turned out nice.

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07-01-25

I had a question prior to purchase and called, got very good service. After ordering it was shipped very quickly, I received it before I expected. The product was great too.

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Great shopping experience, best price for this product (Poly Whey) on the internet when you include shipping. The product came well wrapped and is absolutely amazing. So easy to use, so beautiful and I am just thrilled to be able to create a finished product without toxic ingredients.

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Following a very frustrating attempt to order from a different green flooring business, I ordered Marmoleum flooring through Josh at Eco-Building Products. He was very straightforward with answers to my questions & very helpful when some of the flooring arrived damaged in shipment. This is part of my follow-up email to him: "Thank you so much for all your personal patience & help with my order & extended thanks to Eco-Building Products for providing environmentally friendly items at great prices & for being so ethical, reliable & customer oriented."Dealing with Eco-Building Products was definitely a good experience & I would happily order from them again.

Tahmi M.11-24-24

I came across this website and I was looking for something that I could use to insulate my schoolie.I came to the reviews and seen how great the reviews were and said well why the heck not.The product took a while to get to my address but when I tried it for myself I would say 10 out of 10 because it's definitely insulated my bus for the very cold Winters of New York. And also super freaking easy to install for someone who has no experience installing insulation.

Oregon Shepherd’s post-industrial loose sheep wool insulation in a 5-pound craft box is handy for small projects! Scroll down for more information.
Unfortunately, this product is indefinitely out of stock, please go here for our raw sheep wool insulation alternative

Here is a link to loose raw sheep wool insulation intended for fill-in
Here is a link to raw sheep wool insulation in batts intended for insulating vans
Here is a link to raw sheep wool insulation in batts intended for buildings
Click here for our larger 40 pound blow box for whole-house applications

Oregon Shepherd Loose Sheep Wool Insulation - 5# Craft Box

Oregon Shepherd's made-in-the-USA 5-pound loose sheep wool insulation craft box is handy for small projects!

Loose Sheep Wool insulation allows you to fully fill an enclosed cavity, so you will generally achieve a slightly higher R-value, for example, R-21.9 for a 5.5" deep wall cavity as opposed to R19 for batt or roll insulation.

This product is a mix of raw sheep wool from U.S. sheep farms, and pre-consumer recycled content from natural woolen mills (textile scraps, no synthetic dyes included). The percentages of raw wool and recycled content vary over time depending upon input streams.

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5 pounds of loose sheep wool, when fully 'fluffed' for maximum coverage, will yield over 5 cubic feet for horizontal applications such as ceilings or floors, and will yields about 4 cubic feet at the optimum density for vertical applications such as walls.

When installing larger quantities in a house, an insulation blower will 'fluff' the insulation for you.

When installing smaller quantities by hand, you may want to order a little more to allow for variations in the 'fluffiness' you are able to achieve.

When installing in a van, you may want to:

(a) Install at a higher density to avoid settling due to road vibrations.
(b) Leave a removable 1x3 or 1x4 at the top of your van walls so that you can occasionally check for settling and add more.

Netting may be included at a nominal cost to hold wool in place.

Oregon Shepherd Loose Wool

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Loose sheep wool insulation may be placed by hand, or it may be blown in much the same way as is done for loose fiberglass (don't do it!) or cellulose (okay as long as it doesn't get wet). If placing by hand:

You may want to order a little extra, as it is trickier to get the proper density
Your wool arrives in a box packed to about 6 times the installation density, so each cubic foot of packed wool will need to be 'fluffed' to about six cubic feet.
One trick is to put portions of the wool in a large plastic bag and using a shop-vac on reverse, insert the nozzle into the bag and fluff the wool.

When blowing in loose sheep wool:

You can expect a 10 foot projection of the material from the end of the hose.
There is not much that you have to do differently for sheep wool versus fiberglass/cellulose:
- Sheep Wool is more dense than fiberglass and cellulose.
- Don’t run your airlock wide-open. Keep it about 2/3rds open.
- Run your air wide open.
- Don’t attempt to dense pack with any hose diameter smaller than 2″.
The folks at InsulationMachines.net recommend the CM2400 for sheep wool.
However, John mentioned that they prefer the FibreForce blower by Intec for the best application.

Wall, ceiling, and floor insulation is often used as a component of soundproofing. Any insulation product will improve your soundproofing compared to a hollow cavity.

However, if you are attempting to address a serious sound control problem that is impacting health or relationships with family or neighbors, you will want to educate yourself on the intricacies of sound control problems and the corresponding solutions. We recommend you start by visiting our friends at the Soundproofing Company as they are the industry experts.

Sheep Wool Insulation Prices

Weight 8 lbs
Dimensions 1 × 1 × 1 in

Oregon Shepherd Loose Sheep Wool Insulation - 5# Craft Box

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