Winter Is Coming

The north wall of the garage is very large which means it can be energy efficient or a drain on our electricity budget. If your garage is not insulated it can drain your conditioned air away from your house each and every time the door is opened and closed. Plus the shared walls can exchange hot and cold air.

I got the bottom half of the wall insulated.All the little crevices around the top of the window had to be insulated also. Insulation is cheap and it saves you so much on utility bills. We also always insulate between floors and rooms for sound control. I need the big extension ladder to go up and insulate the really tall part.. I don't do heights well; so Bill may have to do these. Unless I can get the scissor lift in and then I will do it. Each of the top insulation batts will need to be stapled to stay in place. Which means being wobbly on the ladder. I used three different types of insulation. Insulation does not go bad, it will be a lower R rating if it gets compressed but everything I found was still good. Insulation has to be fluffy to do its job well. The insulation from the existing walls we are taking down is being reused. The backing has to be thrown away because it won't stick to the batting anymore so it has to be used where there will be sheetrock holding it in place.