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Update: https://i.imgur.com/IVixLje.png I became increasingly more vain in my quest to insulate my garage and decided to fully finish the walls and ceiling. Based on everyone's input in this thread, I settled on using cellulose loose-fill insulation in the ceiling with 1x2 strapping on an air...

Hm. I might go this route. It's very nearly half the cost to do loose fill instead of rockwool batts. Only objection I have to loose fill is that rockwool would be easier to work with if I ever need to access wiring. Couple reasons: 1. Will be using the garage for more than just training. I...

Hm. Is there a way to get blown-in without hanging drywall? I'm not super concerned about the appearance.

I don't plan to hang anything on the ceiling joists, just want to insulate and call it a day. I'd only be adding additional ceiling joists for the sake of fitting rockwool properly, or if I absolutely had to hang drywall for some reason. I was afraid of that. I really don't want to put up any...

I set up a home gym in my garage for barbell training, and it gets overwhelmingly hot/cold in NE Ohio for ~2-4 months out of the year, so naturally I want to insulate so I can heat/cool for those months and train without dying of heat stroke or hypothermia. The problem is that my garage only has...