I insulated my garage by blowing cellulose into the walls and laying
rolls of fiberglass down over the ceiling. I insulated the door with
styrofoam garage door insulation panels from Home Depot. I also
installed a 24000 BTU mini split A/C. I can now cool my garage down
into the 70s very fast no matter how hot it is outside. Today it got up
to 96 degrees. When I got home from work my garage was 82 deg. I
turned on my A/C and it was 74 in about 30 minutes. I used to have a
portable A/C in my garage. It would run all day and would not drop the
temperature below 80 no matter what the temp was outside.

User Example wrote:
I insulated my garage by blowing cellulose into the walls and laying
rolls of fiberglass down over the ceiling. I insulated the door with
styrofoam garage door insulation panels from Home Depot. I also
installed a 24000 BTU mini split A/C. I can now cool my garage down
into the 70s very fast no matter how hot it is outside. Today it got up
to 96 degrees. When I got home from work my garage was 82 deg. I
turned on my A/C and it was 74 in about 30 minutes. I used to have a
portable A/C in my garage. It would run all day and would not drop the
temperature below 80 no matter what the temp was outside.

Hope you didn't leave the flammable stuff exposed (styrofoam etc) or it
can quickly get "hot" and nasty in there...

"George" wrote in message


Hope you didn't leave the flammable stuff exposed (styrofoam etc) or it
can quickly get "hot" and nasty in there...

While it is required by code to be covered, it is not considered a flammable
material. It is treated with fire retardant additives.

George wrote:
User Example wrote:

I insulated my garage by blowing cellulose into the walls and laying
rolls of fiberglass down over the ceiling. I insulated the door with
styrofoam garage door insulation panels from Home Depot. I also
installed a 24000 BTU mini split A/C. I can now cool my garage down
into the 70s very fast no matter how hot it is outside. Today it got
up to 96 degrees. When I got home from work my garage was 82 deg. I
turned on my A/C and it was 74 in about 30 minutes. I used to have a
portable A/C in my garage. It would run all day and would not drop
the temperature below 80 no matter what the temp was outside.


Hope you didn't leave the flammable stuff exposed (styrofoam etc) or it
can quickly get "hot" and nasty in there...

Are you talking about the garage door insulation? If so, I just
followed the directions that came with it. One side has a vinyl coating
that faces out. It's the same stuff sold on insulated garage doors.

User Example wrote:
I insulated my garage by blowing cellulose into the walls and laying


No frig w/ ice cold beer?? pfft...

You either have more money, or a completely opposite type of wife than
I. During the best of conditions, my swamp cooler won't get it any
better than 20 degrees below outside temps. But I can rotate a
14-footer end for end! Tom

Where'd you get the 240k BTU mini split AC from?


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Where'd you get the 240k BTU mini split AC from?



24K, not 240K. That would be a whopper!

I got it from Bon-Air and they sell through Ebay. Just search for mini
split on ebay and you will find them and others.

On 9/23/2005 1:30 AM US(ET), took fingers to
keyboard, and typed the following:

Where'd you get the 240k BTU mini split AC from?


He said 24000 BTU, which is 24K.

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willshak Wrote:
On 9/23/2005 1:30 AM US(ET), took fingers to
keyboard, and typed the following:


He said 24000 BTU, which is 24K.

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Oops, I fat-fingered the 0. My bad. Anyway, I've been considering
something similar for my garage. I'll definitely check out the Bon-Air
mini splits.


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