Hey guys, new member here. I've had to halfass my shop for the past four years or so due to lack of time and money, but this fall/winter I'm gonna do my best (still on a budget) to "finish" my shop as best I can.
I race short track stockcar, in a Truck class specifically. So the racetruck calls the shop home almost fulltime, and it's a never-ending project. The shop is a fairly wide single car, with a small attached workshop off the back. So the main section is roughly 10'x20-22', and the attached shop is 10'x10' or so.
The main section was insulated a few years ago, but in a fairly halfassed way--we put up vapour barrier and stuffed blown insulation down inside it. Certainly was affordable though! Vapour barrier was also hung up on the ceiling rafters and insulation was blown into the makeshift "attic." Strapping holds it up, with no ceiling panels, might add those later.
The entire attached shop wasn't insulated at all... So with a 220v space heater running mostly constantly in the main section, the shop was comfortable enough, if you kept a jacket on. It was alright, but not great.
So already this fall, I've completely insulated the attached shop with batting, including the roof, leaving the loft open at the back for storage. In the main section I'm in the process of cramming batts of insulation into the existing vapour barrier on the walls to shore up the blown insulation, which not surprisingly had settled and left gaps. I intend to wall up at least one wall of the garage, probably just with 4x8 chipwood.
So I have two questions. First, does anyone have any tips for better insulating a roll-up, steel garage door? I currently have styrofoam inserts in each "section" of the garage door, but they don't seem to do a whole heck of a lot. I'm going to get a fresh seal for the bottom of the door too. But what about the tops and around the edges, is there something I can use to seal those? With the door moving up and down, I can't see adhesive weather stripping staying put for long.
My bigger problem, at least I think it is, is the second door, which is in the attachment. It's a cheapo panelled wood door, with a single pane of that crappy, easily scratchable type of glass. It's so thin I'm sure it's not keeping much cold out, AND there's air getting in around the seam of the door. Any suggestions for insulating this thing, without replacing it with a "good" door? I suppose worst case I can stick batting over top of it and staple VB to hold it in place, but that makes the door useless. Not the end of the world in the winter, but I'd rather not.
Thanks!
I race short track stockcar, in a Truck class specifically. So the racetruck calls the shop home almost fulltime, and it's a never-ending project. The shop is a fairly wide single car, with a small attached workshop off the back. So the main section is roughly 10'x20-22', and the attached shop is 10'x10' or so.
The main section was insulated a few years ago, but in a fairly halfassed way--we put up vapour barrier and stuffed blown insulation down inside it. Certainly was affordable though! Vapour barrier was also hung up on the ceiling rafters and insulation was blown into the makeshift "attic." Strapping holds it up, with no ceiling panels, might add those later.
The entire attached shop wasn't insulated at all... So with a 220v space heater running mostly constantly in the main section, the shop was comfortable enough, if you kept a jacket on. It was alright, but not great.
So already this fall, I've completely insulated the attached shop with batting, including the roof, leaving the loft open at the back for storage. In the main section I'm in the process of cramming batts of insulation into the existing vapour barrier on the walls to shore up the blown insulation, which not surprisingly had settled and left gaps. I intend to wall up at least one wall of the garage, probably just with 4x8 chipwood.
So I have two questions. First, does anyone have any tips for better insulating a roll-up, steel garage door? I currently have styrofoam inserts in each "section" of the garage door, but they don't seem to do a whole heck of a lot. I'm going to get a fresh seal for the bottom of the door too. But what about the tops and around the edges, is there something I can use to seal those? With the door moving up and down, I can't see adhesive weather stripping staying put for long.
My bigger problem, at least I think it is, is the second door, which is in the attachment. It's a cheapo panelled wood door, with a single pane of that crappy, easily scratchable type of glass. It's so thin I'm sure it's not keeping much cold out, AND there's air getting in around the seam of the door. Any suggestions for insulating this thing, without replacing it with a "good" door? I suppose worst case I can stick batting over top of it and staple VB to hold it in place, but that makes the door useless. Not the end of the world in the winter, but I'd rather not.
Thanks!