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![]() Twayne wrote: In , Zz Yzx typed: My shop has a steel roll-up "garage" door that faces a blistering sun for several hrs/day. I'm determined to insulate it. The easiest way I see is to slap some styrofoam shhet insulation onto it. I can get 4' X 8' sheets at Big-Box for a good-enouhg price, but need to trim the sheets down to ~ 44" X 22" to fit into the recesses of the door. What's the best way to cut 1-1/2" or 2" styrofoam sheets? I don't have a "hot wire" cutting tool. Thanks a heap, --Zz If it's real insulating styro and not just the junk stuff: I use a fine blade in a jig saw for finer work and a ply blade in my circular saw for the long cuts or arcs. Works well & not a bad mess unless you twist the circular saw so the back of the blade hits the styro. Use the closed dell insulating styro; the junk stuff will disappoint you badly as it's not a good insulator. HTH, Twayne` Absolutely, you want to use the extruded polystyrene (XPS), not the expanded (bead type) polystyrene (EPS). |
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