Hi everyone,
Our two car garage is 18' x 19.5' and though I'd like to park our small car= in it I also want to build a work area for a computer, some books, ham rad= io gear, treadmill, and some other gear which we just have no place for in = the house. I thought about building a small room within the garage, which = still may happen in time, but given our city has some crazy building codes = I don't know if I want to tackle that just yet. So for now I'm looking at = options to insulate and seal the garage door, walls, and ceiling plus getti= ng some cooling and heating setup.
For insulating the garage door I've seen the Owens Corning Garage Door Insu= lation Kit which would get the door itself insulated, but any suggestions o= n how to make the door seal completely around it as to not let bugs and cri= tters inside? I've seen things like the Park Smart Garage Door Threshold S= eal which seals the bottom, but what about the top and sides? Our house is= only a year old so it has the rubber seals there, but would that be suffic= ient?
And for insulating the walls and sealing, I'm still kicking myself for not = having the builder insulate those when we had the house built, but it shoul= dn't be too difficult to put some insulation in the attic, but any caveats = with leaving the walls uninsulated? Two walls are inside walls and one is = the garage door, so it's mainly just the ceiling and one wall I have to wor= ry about.
For cooling and heating I'm looking at a portable AC/heating unit to put in= there, which I've seen for around $400. Even if I have to run a line out = the wall for condensation this is probably our best bet. Also given the ga= rage isn't sealed as well as the house are there any caveats to running a d= ehumidifier when the garage door is closed?
And for the floor I'll probably look at painting it with some epoxy floor p= aint or some rubber coating then use indoor/outdoor carpet around the area = where we're not parking then keep a mat under the car for fluid drips.
All and all I think we can probably pull this off for $1000 - $1300, but wh= at am I missing? Also has anyone ever done a similar setup? I'd love to s= ee pictures or hear what you went through if so.
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