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Quick Update for anyone who is interested in how this turned out. I ended up doing a 3" Spray Closed Cell on the walls and Ceilings 32x48x12 shop that has with a Full upper unit with storage - 2ft on center trusses. I installed a 10KWh 34K BTU King Electric heater ( 50AMP Breaker 6AWG) My...

Hey Guys- question, building is sealed off with closed cell, spray foam. I took some of your suggestions and added some extra r value so i should have around r-40 in the upper unit when im done here. Back to the question...would you run the insulation to the peak or run it to the horizontal...

DC73 excellent advise i will check into that. Thank You

Its Closed Cell - 6.5 to 7 R value per inch = should give around R-19 to R-21 which is pretty standard around here. I got quotes from several different insulation companies and they all recommended 3". In Fact they said anything over 3" on the roof is minimal return on investment...

Thanks for the info, yeah i think a heat pump is out of the question as we get pretty darn cold up here. Typical December - Feb we are anywhere from 30 to -25, so that is out of the question during those time frames. Really kind of focused on finding a good Unit heater like a QMark 7.5kw or...

Hi All - new to the forum, been pulling Ideas off o here for quite a while but wanted to get some thoughts on a specific situation. I have a 32x48x12 outbuilding here in South Dakota that is getting spray foamed with 3" 2lb close cell in the next couple weeks. I am doing the roof deck and all...