Recent content by Navydoc

SIPS: structurally insulated panel. Basically it is two pieces of OSB. Enercept.com is one company that has a pretty cool web site to check out.

I kicked this idea around for a while also. I called Behlen and they said break even was over 40 feet wide. You could also consider a red steel frame with SIPS. Behlen and Enercept has done this before. Scott

Hoosier, I will be able to have natural gas and of course electricity run to the garage. The garage will be kept at a constant temp, let’s say 50-60 degrees, then increased when I want to go out and work. God willing I will be able to spend more and more time out there each year. As it hits...

Matt, thanks for the insight I neglected to post that I was going to use batt insulation over the spray foam. I used 4” of spray foam in the house with batt insulation over and achieved pretty good R value. It is very comfortable in the house. I hope accomplish the same with the garage. I use...

Good morning, Long time lurker here at Garage Journal. My wife and I just built our first home and the deal was that she got a bigger kitchen and I got a garage. Well we have lived in the house for almost a year, with a kitchen that the family is stepping on each other in, and I am finally...