"David Nebenzahl" wrote in message
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Mike spake thus:

Not sure what a dipstick heater is

As long as you don't know the meaning of "plug my car in in the morning so
I can start it", then you don't need to know this (it's heated dipstick to
make your crankcase oil thin enough to turn your engine over).

and while I have no plans to add the
garage to the conditioned space I was a little annoyed to see that the
builder sheetrocked without insulating. I'd have thought if he did not
want to insulate at least it would have been left unfinished to give
the owner the option.

You'd think, wouldn't you?

If you really wanted to insulate, you could do it without too much grief,
I'd think, by punching holes in each space between studs at the top,
blowing in insulation, then patching the holes, which isn't too bad an
ordeal.


Or just lag a 2x8 to the studs to cover the holes- makes a great place to
put hooks for garden tools, bicycles, etc. Putting those through rock always
messes up the rock where the tool bounces against it anyway.

Insulation is nice- as long as you drive the car every day, the heat from
the block, plus the leakage from the house, will keep the garage above
freezing on all but the coldest nights. (At least at my latitude.) And if
you want to do a project in winter, a space heater in an empty but insulated
garage will make the space tolerable without a heavy coat.

aem sends....