Recent content by akjason

I never did do a temperature comparison, but my calibrated back of the hand says it made quite a difference. It went from being frosty cold to the touch (it frosted over once or twice before I insulated it) to being slightly cool. For reference, winter temps get into the lower teens overnight...

After a long hiatus and a job change, I finally had some time to continue working on this garage so here's an update. Not too long after finishing the insulation I installed a Chamberlain 1/2hp belt drive opener, and the door has been working like a champ ever since. This past week I've been...

I'd love to get them off the floor, but no way I'm going to be able to lift them higher than chest height by hand. I'm thinking of building a simple lean-to/shed to put them outside in the breezeway between the garage and house. But realistically they'll probably stay stacked on the furniture...

Ahh, updates. Here you go! Haven't really done any organizing, everything's pretty much just thrown onto the shelves to get it all off the floor. The tool chest is empty, waiting on some free time so I can fill it with my tools. And brown santa just delivered a Dayton G73...

I considered it, but decided that I'd get adhesive all over the foil backing from sliding the foam boards behind the door frame, which would decrease the reflectivity. Very minor, I know, but it was all the reason I needed to take the easy way out :thumbup: Turns out the expanding spray foam...

I pulled the trigger on this exact deal. $700 for the pair, just as most people are interpreting it. "50% off the regular price=$700". Still, $300 less than the regular combo price, so a pretty good deal IMO. The website price was also $700 for this combo on Black Friday - if I had known...

This is the apartment garage I rented for 1 year a few years ago while I was living in Alabama. It's better than the parking lot, and I got some pretty good work done on my Jeep in it, but boy am I glad to have an actual garage now.

Yeah, but I didn't fill the entire cavity up. I just sprayed in the opening enough to block off the hole, then after it cured I cut off the growth that expanded out of the hole and taped it up. A little overkill on the tape I'm sure, since I was covering it with the aluminum flashing anyway...

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! My parents and sister were kind enough to come from Virginia to my place this year, so after a few days of visiting I put my dad to work helping me finish the door. And here she is, in all her insulated glory! Mind you, there's still plenty to be done...

Good to know I'm not the only one that at least started to go overboard with the flashing, but I don't blame you on the free Thermax. I'll be doing this on my 16' door, but I'll just conveniently ignore any concerns you or I may have about the weight and report out on the results when that time...

Oh, and I have no idea on the flashing. But crunching the numbers, it should be about 7-8lbs for a single door the way I did it. So 12-15lbs total.

The foam panels themselves don't weigh much. I'd guess about 5-7lbs for the whole door, which took two full 4x8 sheets. I don't see the foam alone being a weight issue, unless the door is already unbalanced or the torsion spring is already at its limit.

Thanks for the compliments everyone :bowdown: Yup, you can see in some of the later pictures that I've already removed the old seal, along with the T-track that was cracked and needed replaced as well. Haven't put the new one in yet since I couldn't find any single T-slot track in my area...

I used aluminum flashing over foam boards, since the foam is flammable. I don't want to hijack, so details can be found in my thread here http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1178337#post1178337

Like the title says, I'm in the middle of insulating my garage door. I've got a standard one-car attached garage with a sectional steel door. It's adjacent to the living room and kitchen, and the finished attic is above it. It's original to the 26 year old house, along with, I assume, the...