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insulating steel garage door - two options
Went to the local home improvement store to investigate possible
approaches to insulate my steel garage door. One option is a sort of buble wrap stuff with foil on both sides, that's supposed to be a very good reflective barrier. The other option is poly-foam of varying thickness. I live in southwest ohio, where dec-feb have mostly sub-freezing days, and the coldest days can get down to single digits or below zero... in summer, weeks of 90s are normal. My garage door is souther facing. My question is this: foil, foam, or some combination of the two? And, if you recommend a combination, which one against the steel door, which exposed to the open space of the garage? |
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insulating steel garage door - two options
Why don't you just use what is supposed to be on a garage door?
http://www.garagedoorsupply.com/insulation.html wrote in message ps.com... Went to the local home improvement store to investigate possible approaches to insulate my steel garage door. One option is a sort of buble wrap stuff with foil on both sides, that's supposed to be a very good reflective barrier. The other option is poly-foam of varying thickness. I live in southwest ohio, where dec-feb have mostly sub-freezing days, and the coldest days can get down to single digits or below zero... in summer, weeks of 90s are normal. My garage door is souther facing. My question is this: foil, foam, or some combination of the two? And, if you recommend a combination, which one against the steel door, which exposed to the open space of the garage? |
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Later wrote in message Just curious, why do you want to do this? Probably the same reason many of us have. We use the garage as a work shop and like it to be a bit warmer in the winter. Do you find that odd for some reason? |
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"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote:
Probably the same reason many of us have. We use the garage as a work shop and like it to be a bit warmer in the winter. Do you find that odd for some reason? And has been pointed out by multiple people, insulating a garage door in an uninsulated garage is going to do bupkis for keeping it warmer, especially if there is no living space above or around the garage. Sealing any airgaps around the door may help keep things less drafty, although you would need to be mindful of any open flame devices in the garage that need makeup air (ie furnace or water heater). Vents for those should never be blocked. |
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"Rick Blaine" wrote in message And has been pointed out by multiple people, insulating a garage door in an uninsulated garage is going to do bupkis for keeping it warmer, especially if there is no living space above or around the garage. Right, that is why I insulated my garage and run a 30k Btu heater when I'm in there. That is why, when I bought a new door, I got one that was insulated. Every little bit helps to keep that heat in the garage. |
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"Scott" wrote in message
ups.com... So, back to my original question, foil or foam? My contractor put in the foam w/ vinyl backing that someone in a prior post had posted a link to. It doesn't exactly slide right in like you'd think because it gets caught on the screws in the door face. S |
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