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Our 110 year old farm house uses heating oil. Another option would be to take our 15 year old oil furance from the house and put it in the garage and switch the house to propane. We had to put a new double wall tank in a few years ago and the furance still gets around 80% efficiency which for...

Thanks for the info. With the Roxul, I can do it next summer. But if I do the cellulose, would I need to do it before the metal roof goes on?

Re: Scissor Truss Insulation Advice We typically have 203 days a year when the minimum temperature is at 0 °C/32F or below. The chilliest winter nights have lows below -30 °C (-22 °F). The city averages eight nights a year, mainly in January and February, when the temperature gets that cold...

I'm looking for advice on insulating my scissor trusses. The garage is 30x38, 10'4.5" 2x6 walls, no windows, 1 man door, 1 14'x9' garage door and the trusses are a 5/12 pitch. I'm not sure on the lower pitch but they give me 3' in the center. I'm building on a budget so the shell is going up...

After talking with my local building supply guy(he's been building houses for 35 years) today, he recommended against the Roxul. He said it's a nightmare to install and isn't worth the extra money. He suggested a product that was R24 15 which was $8 a bag cheaper than the Roxul. I can't...

I'm going to paint the one bottom sill that is at the garage door opening. We're in a valley that is all open fields so we get high winds and driving rain so it can't hurt to protect it. Thanks ItsNemo for the tip on the boxes and Roxul. My cousin may be able to get me free pink insulation...

Thanks everyone for putting a newbie at ease. I've been screwed over by contractors in the past so I'm a little paranoid. I was worried when I could easily slide a piece of flashing under the wall. This year I'm just going to Tyvek the walls with no insulation or heat this year. Should I...

I'm up in Thunder Bay Thumper. Thanks for the advice, but it gets worse. I just checked the bottom sills and he used nothing to seal between the concrete and bottom sill. I took a piece of aluminum flashing and I could slide it right through to the outside. This to me would be basic building...

It also appears he used pressure treated 2x6's for the bottom sill but no gasket between the concrete slab and the bottom sill. There are also spots where their was some grass along the slab and he put the wall up so that the grass got stuck under the sill. So now their are areas where grass...

I'm new to the site and joined because I'm in the midst of my first garage build after saving 15 years for one. I hired a contractor to build my 30x38 garage because I'm disabled with two badly herniated disc's. He was recommended by friends that had him build their garage. They used him...