bomber
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After reading the posts regarding the garage door insulation kits available at Lowes, I checked out the availability of said kits via the intertubes -- no joy -- no Lowes within about 50 miles of me stocked the kits.
Bummer.
However, over the weekend, my errands had me going right past one of the closer Lowes, and I figured I'd stop in and bend someone's ear about perhaps ordering up some (supposed to be 10 below later this week) . . . . .
Now, searching the Lowes site revealed a brand-name kit, which was the one NOT listed as available anywhere -- however, the store DID have a no-name kit, with appear to be basically the same stuff, right there on the shelf.
It was listed as being suitable for a 9 foot door, so I bought two --
They went up in about 90 minutes, offering complete coverage of the door (with an exception described below, in a bit). There is some sort of plastic surface covering on the inside surface of the foam boards, so that you are not seeing the foam itself, if that matters to you.
The moral of the story is that, just like in indian country, electronic recon is a good thing, but nothing beats boots on the ground. Just cause that site doesn't list something doesn't mean it's not available (a happy reversal of the normal web-to-brick and morter experience).
Now, the only parts of the door that is not insulated is one run of the vertical channel -- on my door, these vertical members look like a C in cross section -- in one area of the door, the open part of the C members face each other. After cutting the foam so that it fits into the open part of the C on one side, the entire inside of the face channel is uninsulated (and, no the foam board will not bend in two directions at once, I tried).
I'm thinking Great Stuff or similar to inject in the remaining, uninsulated channel -- any thoughts from you folks?
After reading the posts regarding the garage door insulation kits available at Lowes, I checked out the availability of said kits via the intertubes -- no joy -- no Lowes within about 50 miles of me stocked the kits.
Bummer.
However, over the weekend, my errands had me going right past one of the closer Lowes, and I figured I'd stop in and bend someone's ear about perhaps ordering up some (supposed to be 10 below later this week) . . . . .
Now, searching the Lowes site revealed a brand-name kit, which was the one NOT listed as available anywhere -- however, the store DID have a no-name kit, with appear to be basically the same stuff, right there on the shelf.
It was listed as being suitable for a 9 foot door, so I bought two --
They went up in about 90 minutes, offering complete coverage of the door (with an exception described below, in a bit). There is some sort of plastic surface covering on the inside surface of the foam boards, so that you are not seeing the foam itself, if that matters to you.
The moral of the story is that, just like in indian country, electronic recon is a good thing, but nothing beats boots on the ground. Just cause that site doesn't list something doesn't mean it's not available (a happy reversal of the normal web-to-brick and morter experience).
Now, the only parts of the door that is not insulated is one run of the vertical channel -- on my door, these vertical members look like a C in cross section -- in one area of the door, the open part of the C members face each other. After cutting the foam so that it fits into the open part of the C on one side, the entire inside of the face channel is uninsulated (and, no the foam board will not bend in two directions at once, I tried).
I'm thinking Great Stuff or similar to inject in the remaining, uninsulated channel -- any thoughts from you folks?