Recent content by mix123

I had a nest for years. Moved to a new home and needed something with a remote sensor. Recently switched to Ecobee 3. Love it. House is so much more comfortable with the 3 sensors. I recommend.

I recently moved into a home with something similar to this. Bonus room over the garage. Uninsulated/Unheated Garage. I live in a very cold climate. Many days -20C or colder. No heat ducts. It was pretty cold up there. The previous owners had electric baseboard heat in the room. Electricity is...

I fixed it all up...Removed all those stupid stops, added baffles, insulated above top plate, It seems much warmer in there now as well. Thanks for the input.

Thanks for your help! I'll have to get this fixed up.

Here's some pics of what I'm talking about. They're from my phone so they're not that great...but should give you an idea. The area in the garage: Here's where the frost is forming. The stops are just there to help hold the insulation up when putting up the vapour barrier, the back part...

Ok. I will buy some baffles and change this around. I can probably get away with one baffle at the end of the roof as long as that 2" gap is still unobstructed all the way up. Thanks!

With the baffle in place I can put insulation over the wall plate and into the soffit...as ventilation would still come into the roof through the baffle end at the soffit?

Currently the insulation stops at the extrerior walls. Should it go over the top plate?

If I already have a 2" gap in there...is there really a need for these baffles?

I'll get one up here later....

So I have just finished insulating my double attached garage. Roof walls etc. The previous owners built the garage. They built a little addition on the back of the garage for tools and a workbench. It is 2x4 construction walls and roof. It has 2 exterior walls and other wall is the house...