Garage insulation

[WolverineMarine]

Hey out there I have a 3 car attached garage that is part of our split level home that I'm interested in trying to potentially insulate this year but here's the catch, the walls have already been drywalled, mudded and taped. Are there any options out there to do this without taking down the drywall and it's minimally intrusive/destructive?


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[BPJOOP93]

Are you sure it's not already insulated?

 

[WolverineMarine]

Yes, others in our neighborhood have checked that have the identical house as ours.


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[ddawg16]

Where are you located?

 

[WolverineMarine]

One of them is a local building inspector.


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[WolverineMarine]

Chisago county, Minnesota



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[lakeroadster]

Foam or blown in cellulose...

We were back east (Ohio) a few weeks back and USA Insulation was running non-stop commercials for the spray foam. Mild winter, they had hundreds of 55 gallon drums of the stuff.

Check this out....

 

[theoldwizard1]

Where are you located?

With a name like WolverineMarine he has to be in Meeechigan !

The easiest, minimally invasive method is to make a 4" hole at the top of each stud cavity and blow in either fiberglass or cellulose. If you use a hole saw, you reuse the plug by gluing a brace behind the hole and the gluing the plug to that. A little mesh and drywall mud and then paint.

 

[WolverineMarine]

With a name like WolverineMarine he has to be in Meeechigan !



The easiest, minimally invasive method is to make a 4" hole at the top of each stud cavity and blow in either fiberglass or cellulose. If you use a hole saw, you reuse the plug by gluing a brace behind the hole and the gluing the plug to that. A little mesh and drywall mud and then paint.

Actually I'm a Wolverine fan(GO BLUE!) from Ohio(HATE OSU!)but transplanted to MN a few years ago after I got out of the Marines.


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[ddawg16]

With a name like WolverineMarine he has to be in Meeechigan !

The easiest, minimally invasive method is to make a 4" hole at the top of each stud cavity and blow in either fiberglass or cellulose. If you use a hole saw, you reuse the plug by gluing a brace behind the hole and the gluing the plug to that. A little mesh and drywall mud and then paint.

'Meeechigan' crossed my mind......but I didn't want to 'assume'.....but I think we can assume he is a Marine....(thank you for your service sir)


The problem with blow in....it tends to settle and compact at the bottom....especially if it gets damp for any reason....

I believe you can get injectable foam....the kind that doesn't expand too much (don't want it pushing out your drywall.)

The make a small hole and pump in a measured amount for the cavity....

If you have blocking in the stud, they make a hole below the blocking and one at the top

 

[WolverineMarine]

'Meeechigan' crossed my mind......but I didn't want to 'assume'.....but I think we can assume he is a Marine....(thank you for your service sir)


The problem with blow in....it tends to settle and compact at the bottom....especially if it gets damp for any reason....

I believe you can get injectable foam....the kind that doesn't expand too much (don't want it pushing out your drywall.)

The make a small hole and pump in a measured amount for the cavity....

If you have blocking in the stud, they make a hole below the blocking and one at the top

I checked their website and they don't have an office in MN dangit! The other options I've found aren't very reasonably priced unfortunately either. The thought has crossed my mind of taking the drywall down and doing like it should have been done all along but that's a huge time commitment I'm not willing to absorb as the construction season(my career) will probably be starting up any time now, plus, while I'm fairly decent at drywalling, mudding, etc.., I'm not a professional by any means and will probably make it look worse than it was when it's all said and done.


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[trukkins10]

What's your exterior house consist of? If vinyl siding, you can remove top pieces and hole saw thru plywood and insulate that way. No drywall to mess with.

 

[rburke65]

whao......some large font there! We hear ya trukkins!