Insulating Garage Walls

Here s my step by step process for how i added insulation to my garage.

Insulating garage walls.

I wrote a tutorial on how to waterproof and seal your garage walls using drylok. If you have a bedroom directly above the garage that room will. A contractor will come and open up a hole in the wall pump in a cellulose insulating material and then patch up the opening. If you didn t do that before you put the frame up you can still do it now although it s going to be.

And don t forget to take flooring into account. Garage walls vary in height which usually means buying rolls of insulation and cutting them to fit. If the walls are framed 24 on center or have 2x6 framing buy insulation that fills the space like 5 1 2 deep r19 or insulation that s 23 wide. Don t insulate your garage walls and ceiling without insulating the big garage door too.

How to insulate a garage door. Keep in mind that the structural metal ribbing of garage doors is an excellent conductor of. Insulating a garage door can be more involved than insulating the walls and ceiling. Consider all aspects of insulating your garage not just the walls but also the garage doors and the ceiling particularly if you plan to add a heating and or cooling system.

For example while an epoxy coating will add a protective layer to the floor it won t necessarily add insulating. You can buy insulation kits for standard metal garage doors or you can cut pieces of rigid foam insulation to fit each door panel section. If you d prefer to cut costs and stick to the diy option for insulating a garage door we recommend buying a garage door insulation kit. Last chance to waterproof your wall.

Regardless insulating the walls in your garage is something you should consider especially when your home has an interior wall connected to it. But if your walls are exactly 92 5 8 high buy the pre cut batts and save a little time. If your garage is attached to your house the common walls are probably already insulated as required by code but the other walls often aren t. Insulate the garage s ceiling by using the recommended r value for your area as advised by the department of energy s oak ridge laboratory.

Insulating your garage is a project that can bring two good things to your life cost savings and comfort. The often forgotten about area in your garage the ceiling is an incredibly important area to have insulation. How to insulate a garage step by step. If you already have drywall installed around your garage but don t have it insulated then blown in insulation may be the answer.