I insulated my garage by blowing cellulose into the walls and laying rolls of fiberglass down over the ceiling. I insulated the door with styrofoam garage door insulation panels from Home Depot. I also installed a 24000 BTU mini split A/C. I can now cool my garage down into the 70s very fast no matter how hot it is outside. Today it got up to 96 degrees. When I got home from work my garage was 82 deg. I turned on my A/C and it was 74 in about 30 minutes. I used to have a portable A/C in my garage. It would run all day and would not drop the temperature below 80 no matter what the temp was outside.
My garage is COOL
Sep 10, 2005
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Hope you didn't leave the flammable stuff exposed (styrofoam etc) or it can quickly get "hot" and nasty in there...
No frig w/ ice cold beer?? pfft...
While it is required by code to be covered, it is not considered a flammable material. It is treated with fire retardant additives.
Are you talking about the garage door insulation? If so, I just followed the directions that came with it. One side has a vinyl coating that faces out. It's the same stuff sold on insulated garage doors.
You either have more money, or a completely opposite type of wife than I. During the best of conditions, my swamp cooler won't get it any better than 20 degrees below outside temps. But I can rotate a
14-footer end for end! TomWhere'd you get the 240k BTU mini split AC from?
On 9/23/2005 1:30 AM US(ET), snipped-for-privacy@mylounge.com took fingers to keyboard, and typed the following:
He said 24000 BTU, which is 24K.
24K, not 240K. That would be a whopper!
I got it from Bon-Air and they sell through Ebay. Just search for mini split on ebay and you will find them and others.
Oops, I fat-fingered the 0. My bad. Anyway, I've been considering something similar for my garage. I'll definitely check out the Bon-Air mini splits.
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