Garage Door Insulation?

[Rymanrph]

Anybody use a kit like this?

 

http://www.lowes.com/pd_331443-1722-GD1 ... insulation

 

My garage is not very comfortable to work in during the winter. My thin metal garage door keeps my little heater from doing any real good, so I thought I might give this a try.

[Dave Stark]

I had looked at these for a while & finally gave up, i didn't see anything that i liked enough to spend the money on, so i just got a heavy duty space heater & that works fairly well.

 

Also, if you do buy a kit be sure you have dual tension springs otherwise you may run into issues because of the added weight from the insulation (another reason why didn't go for it).

 

:waving:

[xjrev10]

southerners :shake:

 

:rotfl2:

 

I was going to say stack snow in front of the garage door when you are working in there but you guys probably do not get much of that.

[Dave Stark]

Yep, just cold enough to chill your bones...

[whowey]

Yep, just cold enough to put on a sweatshirt...

 

Fixed for you thin blooded southerners.

[HOrnbrod]

I put the 1" thick styrofoam panels in the two doors last year. It most definitely helps keep the temperature constant both in the summer and winter. Noticed a big difference in the winter as the garage warms up very quickly with the propane wall heater. Then I just shut it down and it will hold the heat in for 2-3 hours if nobody opens the doors. I think it was very worthwhile. And the little extra weight had no effect on the openers.

[Dave Stark]

Yep, just cold enough to put on a sweatshirt...

 

Fixed for you thin blooded southerners.

 

 

Hey now, it gets icy here at least ONCE a year... :jump:

 

 

 

Of course today it was right at 70 degrees. :shake:

 

Actually i was considering it more because it gets so bloody hot here that a portable A/C system would be really nice.

[Pete M]

I put the 1" thick styrofoam panels in the two doors last year.

 

 

x2. :thumbsup: comes in 4x8 sheets and can be had with the reflective aluminum on one side.

[Rymanrph]

I put the 1" thick styrofoam panels in the two doors last year.

 

 

x2. :thumbsup: comes in 4x8 sheets and can be had with the reflective aluminum on one side.

 

The R value on the kit is 8; what is it on those?

[HOrnbrod]

The R value on the kit is 8; what is it on those?

 

A little less (6.6) but about 6x cheaper.

[MJRemi]

I wish I had known about those insulation panels. I used expanding spray foam insulation on my roll-up doors but now they don't roll up. Can't seem to figure out what I did wrong. :dunno:

 

 

;)

[Sir Sam]

Anybody use a kit like this?

 

http://www.lowes.com/pd_331443-1722-GD1 ... insulation

 

My garage is not very comfortable to work in during the winter. My thin metal garage door keeps my little heater from doing any real good, so I thought I might give this a try.

 

It's 9 degrees out in my garage and I just came in for the night, how cold is yours that you can't work in it?

[HOrnbrod]

It's 9 degrees out in my garage and I just came in for the night, how cold is yours that you can't work in it?

 

Good for you Sam. :clapping:

 

It's not that people can't, it's that people choose not to.

[Sir Sam]

It's 9 degrees out in my garage and I just came in for the night, how cold is yours that you can't work in it?

 

Good for you Sam. :clapping:

 

It's not that people can't, it's that people choose not to.

 

Understandable, I got my feet under the dog right now to warm them up.

[Rymanrph]

I still work out in the garage; I'm just not as comfortable as I'd like to be. I'm cold natured as it is anyway, so wearing thermals, a couple pair of socks and standing in front of the heater every 15 mins or so to warm my hands up is just not my thing.

[mjeff87]

I put the 1" thick styrofoam panels in the two doors last year.

 

 

x2. :thumbsup: comes in 4x8 sheets and can be had with the reflective aluminum on one side.

 

 

That's what I used in mine a couple three months ago (foil backed). 2 sheets @ $15/ea and some duct tape to seal the seams.

 

I added them moreso for the summer because my door has a SW exposure and catches sunlight from about 1PM until sunset, but it's working out quite nicely in the cold. My garage stays right about 20-25 degrees above ambient. Of course, the extra insulation I installed whie it was being built helps alot too :D

 

Jeff

[AMCJeepMJ]

I have an insulated/drywalled north-facing attached extended garage with no windows, with an insulated windowless garage door. Its still freakin' cold in there in the winter... and dark.

[Dirteatr717]

I wish I had a garage.... My idea of an oil change would be in any garage with a floor! I changed mine today on frozen dirt with patches of snow everywhere because I shoveled a spot off my "driveway" :fs2: but anywho any insulation should help and those little electric space heaters work pretty darn good :thumbsup:

[glundblad]

I think Don's foam board is a great idea. Even if it were R3 foam board rather than R6. Once it is insulated with either thickness, I would bet you will loose more heat around the door itself than through it.

[xjrev10]

22 below zero this morning here!

[Sir Sam]

22 below zero this morning here!

 

You better not be including the "wind chill" in that figure.