Pre-Insulation wall cover?

[Hoyer Motorsports]

So I bought a new house. It's a nice little two bedroom of about 1100 square feet, which is plenty for my son and I. (and the occasional female visitor)
But what steered me to this house, besides the neighborhood, was the garage. It's 26x30! Extrordinarily big for "in town".
The garage is just a shell. Absolutely no insulation. It's just studs on 16" centers, particle board and siding.

My question is: is there anything I can/should put on the walls prior to insulation?

A coat of paint? Foam board? Rubber sealant?

Surely I can't get off that easy???

 

[csp]

What purpose would any of those three serve? The siding (hopefully) keeps the weather out. The studs carry the load. What else does the wall need to do?

The only thing you need to do is run your electrical if you want it in the walls. Otherwise just insulation.

 

[RCStocker]

As stated. Run the wires in the walls, Insulate and hang the dry wall. Make sure you put in switches for the lights by all doors. Even the roll up door should have one inside.
A nice large garage is nice to have. Enjoy your new home. A smaller house is nice because there is less to clean and you don't have much room to collect stuff. LOL
Enjoy.

 

[Angelfire]

If you are looking to make this into a very energy efficient, well insulated, and air tight garage, you might consider hitting the cavities with spray foam for an inch or so of depth. Then batts or blown in insulation. The foam does a great job of sealing up leaks etc... and offers high R value as well. It can be pricey however. If out of the ballpark cost wise, at least seal up any penetrations with spray foam from a can or caulking then put in batts with vapor retarder depending on your locations requirements.

 

[Hoyer Motorsports]

If you are looking to make this into a very energy efficient, well insulated, and air tight garage, you might consider hitting the cavities with spray foam for an inch or so of depth. Then batts or blown in insulation. The foam does a great job of sealing up leaks etc... and offers high R value as well. It can be pricey however. If out of the ballpark cost wise, at least seal up any penetrations with spray foam from a can or caulking then put in batts with vapor retarder depending on your locations requirements.

Maybe I wasn't clear, pre-insulation, post electrical, geniuses! I know the purpose of walls and siding!
I wanted something to put on BEFORE the insulation, thus the term PRE--
But this is exactly what I'm looking for, Angelfire, thank you for "getting it".
I searched foam insulation and urethane spray-in foam seems to be popular. It's about 50 cents a square foot and at 1" to 1.5" thick it has a R-7 value. So it'll take about $500 to $750 to cover the walls with foam.
Thanks for the reply.

 

[green.bubbly]

I don't think anyone was questioning your understanding of what walls do but I am pretty sure calling people morons when asking for suggestions will not yield good results.

 

[Angelfire]

Maybe I wasn't clear, pre-insulation, post electrical, geniuses! I know the purpose of walls and siding!
I wanted something to put on BEFORE the insulation, thus the term PRE--
But this is exactly what I'm looking for, Angelfire, thank you for "getting it".
I searched foam insulation and urethane spray-in foam seems to be popular. It's about 50 cents a square foot and at 1" to 1.5" thick it has a R-7 value. So it'll take about $500 to $750 to cover the walls with foam.
Thanks for the reply.

Don't forget the ceiling!

 

[csp]

Maybe I wasn't clear, pre-insulation, post electrical, geniuses!

No you weren't clear!

The foam IS insulation. It's also not commonly used, especially in conjunction with batts, therefore you could have gotten away with just installing your batt insulation as it's done in probably >95% of all installations.

 

[WVBrady]

I don't think anyone was questioning your understanding of what walls do but I am pretty sure calling people morons when asking for suggestions will not yield good results.

You are very tactful!

 

[Hoyer Motorsports]

I apologize. Thank you for setting me straight.

CH

 

[Falcon67]

Where are you finding this stuff at .50 sq/ft? It's more like $3-5 sq/ft applied around here. Any DIY stuff I've seen comes in such small batches that it's not economical and coverage is limited.