janaka
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Well my wife and I put in our deposit on our new house to be built this morning. So begins my planning for upgrades to the garage. I will be doing most of the upgrades to the garage myself as the builder doesn't offer much in the way of upgrades for the garage.
I know there don't offer insulation on the exterior walls of the garage, they only insulate the shared wall to the interior. Boo.
Seeing as I'm north of the boarder (canada) we have this wonderful thing called winter where it gets a little cold. I'm looking to insulate the garage and was looking for some input on what kind of insulation to use.
Firstly I know they (builder) is spray insulating the cieling of the garage as per the sales agreement so that is a bonus, high Rvalue and great air sealage. I did opt for insulated garage doors as they were under $1000 for both doors (10' and 16' roll-up doors)
My exterior walls are 2x6" construction, not sure what the "on-center" messurement is just yet though.
I am thinking of going with an R22 bat insulation on all exterior walls and over the garage doors. This is what I did in my best friends garage he just built, but he hasn't gone through a winter yet, nor has he done any work in the garage to know what sound levels etc will be like in the house.
I have thought about doing sound/fire insulation as well but not sure if the expense is actually worth it as I've never been in a room/garage with the sound insulation to know if there is a noticable audible difference. I would imagine so but don't want to spend the extra money for a marginal return. Whats nice is that my garage is off to the side of the house and there is only a walk in closet over top of it. That said the one common wall to the house is the dining room.
Since I'm planning on doing heat/cooling for the garage is a vapour barrier recommended? I'm not up to date on building requirements etc (I guess thats why i'm here in the first place!)
For my heat source I have a manufacturer that can do a direct-vent natural gas heater for the garage. I'm not too worried about this upfront but that will be the plan down the road. As for cooling I'm looking at a Fujitsu split system again this won't be done during the build but in the spring.
If there is anything else that is worth looking into with regards to insulation etc I am more than open to hearing about it. Opinions welcomed.
I know there don't offer insulation on the exterior walls of the garage, they only insulate the shared wall to the interior. Boo.
Seeing as I'm north of the boarder (canada) we have this wonderful thing called winter where it gets a little cold. I'm looking to insulate the garage and was looking for some input on what kind of insulation to use.
Firstly I know they (builder) is spray insulating the cieling of the garage as per the sales agreement so that is a bonus, high Rvalue and great air sealage. I did opt for insulated garage doors as they were under $1000 for both doors (10' and 16' roll-up doors)
My exterior walls are 2x6" construction, not sure what the "on-center" messurement is just yet though.
I am thinking of going with an R22 bat insulation on all exterior walls and over the garage doors. This is what I did in my best friends garage he just built, but he hasn't gone through a winter yet, nor has he done any work in the garage to know what sound levels etc will be like in the house.
I have thought about doing sound/fire insulation as well but not sure if the expense is actually worth it as I've never been in a room/garage with the sound insulation to know if there is a noticable audible difference. I would imagine so but don't want to spend the extra money for a marginal return. Whats nice is that my garage is off to the side of the house and there is only a walk in closet over top of it. That said the one common wall to the house is the dining room.
Since I'm planning on doing heat/cooling for the garage is a vapour barrier recommended? I'm not up to date on building requirements etc (I guess thats why i'm here in the first place!)
For my heat source I have a manufacturer that can do a direct-vent natural gas heater for the garage. I'm not too worried about this upfront but that will be the plan down the road. As for cooling I'm looking at a Fujitsu split system again this won't be done during the build but in the spring.
If there is anything else that is worth looking into with regards to insulation etc I am more than open to hearing about it. Opinions welcomed.
