Insulating my Garage!

You do get roof paint which reflect heat and helps to balance the insulation. I can't comment on the brand put use this an just an example.

1) paint roof
2) cut and glue on the insulation board, get the thickest you can. If you don't want to use glue just use a wood strip on the side of the board screwed into the roof truss tie beam
3) rubber matts on the floor (won't do much but better than nothing)
4) if you feel the white wall and it's really cold in winter and baking hot in summer, then stick on those same insulation boards (link provided as an example)

Do all this yourself to save thousands.

As a plus if you put the boards on the wall and ceiling, no one can hear screaming or power saws from inside the room.... just saying


Luxens Heat Deflecting Roof Paint 20L White


 
B-1 said:
Isoboard is a easy diy for the ceiling but that garage door is still going to let in a lot of cold.
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Has anyone used Isoboard for the garage door?

I've been wanting to do this for ages, my garage door is already segmented and so it should be trivial but I'm wondering how much difference it would make and if it would be worth it. I'd have to use the 30mm or 40mm Isoboard.
 
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8kw?Looks too small for an inverter generator, which, if my suspension is right, would leave OP with a different annoyance altogether, and that's a moerse noise and sleeping on the couch as no normal woman would put up with that shirt for no apparent reason.

...if his wife doesn't kill him, the carbon monoxide discharge is fairly effective :thumbsup:

Edit: oh? dafuq? It's a heater needing 12v to generate 8kw of heat energy? GTFO!
 
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Wrath of Khan MD said:
You do get roof paint which reflect heat and helps to balance the insulation. I can't comment on the brand put use this an just an example.

1) paint roof
2) cut and glue on the insulation board, get the thickest you can. If you don't want to use glue just use a wood strip on the side of the board screwed into the roof truss tie beam
3) rubber matts on the floor (won't do much but better than nothing)
4) if you feel the white wall and it's really cold in winter and baking hot in summer, then stick on those same insulation boards (link provided as an example)

Do all this yourself to save thousands.

As a plus if you put the boards on the wall and ceiling, no one can hear screaming or power saws from inside the room.... just saying


Luxens Heat Deflecting Roof Paint 20L White


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This is for heat/sun reflection, but it does not work for a cooler house, I did it for my first house (I think I used the Plascon brand). Then I simply insulated the roof with Isotherm, which does work.
 
CodeTechToch said:
Thanks to all those who replied, I will definitely look into it! Hopefully it is something that I can do myself. Can someone perhaps link me to a guide that can help out?
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Its just polystyrene so cut it to size and fix it into place.
Its usually used as a ceiling so gets screwed to the brandering in your case you can maybe use some quarter round or aluminium angle or something.
 
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Pvc may also be an option.

So drywall ceiling, pvc or iso...
 
DrJohnZoidberg said:
Has anyone used Isoboard for the garage door?

I've been wanting to do this for ages, my garage door is already segmented and so it should be trivial but I'm wondering how much difference it would make and if it would be worth it. I'd have to use the 30mm or 40mm Isoboard.
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see if you can find someone with a thermal imaging gun, then see your cold spots in your space... work from there

Playing around with the old ass thermal gun from work, fluke ti25, is most of this normal? Inside 64, outside 24 degrees.I know my French doors are bad, but what about this
 
I keep reading this as “Insulting my Garage” for some reason and it just gets funnier every time.
 
Hi all, thanks a ton for the suggestions, I'll be going with the isoboard and I'm just waiting for quotes to come through.... I'll send pics when done.... I'm suspecting a sub R3k project... Hoping that it's there about..
 
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