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Thanks guys for all the suggestions and ideas...I found a used electric furnace that I'm considering using to help heat both areas (bunkie upstairs and the garage below) ...I will still have the woodstove upstairs as my primary source of heat...the only trick is... if I place the furnance in the...

Here is an interesting little known fact...."fiberglass insulation loses as much as 40% of its insulating capacity when outside temperatures fall below 20°F. When this happens, an R-13 fiberglass insulated wall performs as if it were only R-7.5. Through a Canadian study, LEEDS concluded that...

How can I heat the garage from a woodstove located in a bunkie above the garage without compromising the vapor barrier/retarder in the garage ceiling? Details: We are building a 30 x 30 garage with a bunkie above the garage. All walls will be insulated to a min. of r24. The garage doors 9x8...