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Thanks for the information on the heaters, that is super good to know, and helpful. Seems prudent for me to invest in an electric heater. I can definitely get that installed myself now that I have 240V access in the garage.

Basically, I want to be able to swing a golf club and certain exercises in there in the Winter, and my ceilings would be too short. I had a few brief consultations with structural engineers about how high I could raise the ties, and based on the snow load and the pitch of my roof, it was not...

See attached. Pretty standard 24' x 24', 16" OC rafters, 48" OC ties. Ridge vent is installed, lower roof venting is missing, likely until next year. As I said, main goal is figuring out if it's acceptable to insulate and board up the walls and leaving the lower venting, baffles, and rafter...

Indeed, it was built 4 years ago and is in great shape, it was just not insulated at the time of construction, and the electrical was very basic. Just enough for a few lights and the door opener. Sorry, that part was not at all clear, I can definitely see why people might have thought this was...

On a hot roof, wouldn't I have to insulate outside of the sheathing but under the roofing, add vaper barriers, etc? Seems like a mess, and also something I'm not knowledgeable about or qualified to do well. :D I will probably just wait and hope my roofing buddy can still squeeze me in, but if...

I decided somewhat late in the season that I wanted to finish up my detached garage and make it a more useable space in the winter for things like working out, projects, swinging a golf club, etc. I made it through a lot of electrical (running a sub panel and more outlets) and adding in a ridge...