Garage Do's, what I did for mine Options

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With record breaking temps moving in this weekend I decided to insulate my garage door. It is westward facing and gets hot as Hell in the PM when the sun hits it. I used some 1" Styrofoam board. By 1:30 the garage door panel outside temp was 137 and the inside temp was 82. I showed my wife 15 mins later but the inside temp was now reading 100F. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) So I measured the outside temp again and it was now at 157F. Looks like I realized appx 50F drop. I may add another 1" later on. Once the radiant heat was reduced at the panels I could feel the small exposed area of our roof radiating heat so I installed some radiant barrier material on the inside of the roof. Now I can work in the garage with a bit more comfort.
What have you done for your garage lately?

[matthepcat]

I need to do this. My garage is an oven. No insulation on the roof or door.

I googled this article about door insulation. According to this article you need to create an air gap for the radiant shield to be effective.

http://m.instructables.com/id/3-Steps-Most...arage/?ALLSTEPS

[warpig]

I need to do this. My garage is an oven. No insulation on the roof or door.

I googled this article about door insulation. According to this article you need to create an air gap for the radiant shield to be effective.

http://m.instructables.com/id/3-Steps-Most...arage/?ALLSTEPS

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) I grew up partly in the AZ desert and there is an old trick for keeping your adobe shack cool in the summer. Just hang a sunscreen from the eves of your roof in front of the wall that faces the sun and keep a foot or two of space between the sunscreen and the wall. Kind of like if you set a piece of steel in the sun compared a piece in the shade and see the difference in temps after 15 mins. Now pretend that piece of steel is your garage door. Bamboo rollup shades work great and don't cost much at all. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)

[thieuster]

I need to do this. My garage is an oven. No insulation on the roof or door.

I googled this article about door insulation. According to this article you need to create an air gap for the radiant shield to be effective.

http://m.instructables.com/id/3-Steps-Most...arage/?ALLSTEPS

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) I grew up partly in the AZ desert and there is an old trick for keeping your adobe shack cool in the summer. Just hang a sunscreen from the eves of your roof in front of the wall that faces the sun and keep a foot or two of space between the sunscreen and the wall. Kind of like if you set a piece of steel in the sun compared a piece in the shade and see the difference in temps after 15 mins. Now pretend that piece of steel is your garage door. Bamboo rollup shades work great and don't cost much at all. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)

I noticed the same trick in Italy, Tuscany when I was on holiday last month! Historical buildings (and there are lots of them there...) don't always have an airco system. And this is an century old trick to keep the heat out, apparantly.

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