Insulating Garage Door And Ceiling

Repeat this step until you have cut enough insulation to cover the entire door.

Insulating garage door and ceiling.

A new r 18 garage door costs about. Studies done by garage door manufacturers prove that an energy efficient r 18 insulated garage door can keep your garage about 12 degrees warmer in winter months and about 25 degrees cooler in summer. Choose which insulation you ll use for this project by considering what type of garage door you have. Another option is to by precut expanded polystyrene eps rigid foam panels and apply them to the door.

How to insulate a garage door 01 59 regulate your garage s temperature all year by installing insulation. That reduces energy loss along the insulated walls and ceiling. Adhere insulation to garage door open your adhesive and start adhering your cut insulation to the door. If needed you can use a little bit of masking or duct tape to help you hold each foam panel in place as the glue dries.

To prepare determine the area of the space you plan to insulate and add 10 to 20 percent to account for mistakes and odd spaces you need to fill. Wooden garage doors need rigid insulation like foam board while metal garage doors can work with any type of insulation. Cut foam insulation to size now that you know the dimensions for each panel on your garage door cut the foam insulation to size. Keep in mind that the structural metal ribbing of garage doors is an excellent conductor of heat and this typically doesn t get insulated.

Be sure to count the spaces above doors and windows. A vinyl faced fiberglass batting kit provides a decent r 8 insulating value for the door. You can buy insulation kits for standard metal garage doors or you can cut pieces of rigid foam insulation to fit each door panel section. Two kits will cover a standard 16 foot wide garage door.