Not sure this is the appropriate room but...
Last year about this time in my newly purchased 35yo home I was dismayed to see how hot my attached 540sq attached garage would get. The drop-down to the attic is in there so I poked my head up.
Yep. No insulation. There appeared to be plenty of pink blown in for the rest of the house so I took myself off to Home-Despot to get some batts. I installed R-38 over the entire garage over the course of an afternoon.
I then called into work the next day recovering from heat-stroke LOL....!
But it dropped the temp in the garage alot. Somewhere in the range of 15-20F.
My electricity bills that summer were ridiculous. Or should I say outrageous?! In the range of $300+ a month. Anticipating this for the upcoming season I climbed back up there to inspect the duct-work and insulation. Besides the ducts needing repair I discovered the piss-poor application and depth of the blown in. In most areas it is 3" deep but in some spots it is much less and others about 5".
I'm toying with the plan to get some more R-38 batts and lay them cross-ways across the existing insulation over the main living area (500sq) where the thermostat is. This is where everyone spends 95% of the time anyway. I then plan to do the rest later.
One of the rationals for the batts is that I can do it by myself, it is easy, cheap, they can be moved around and they provide a more uniform application.
Ideas? Opinions?
rad
Last year about this time in my newly purchased 35yo home I was dismayed to see how hot my attached 540sq attached garage would get. The drop-down to the attic is in there so I poked my head up.
Yep. No insulation. There appeared to be plenty of pink blown in for the rest of the house so I took myself off to Home-Despot to get some batts. I installed R-38 over the entire garage over the course of an afternoon.
I then called into work the next day recovering from heat-stroke LOL....!
But it dropped the temp in the garage alot. Somewhere in the range of 15-20F.
My electricity bills that summer were ridiculous. Or should I say outrageous?! In the range of $300+ a month. Anticipating this for the upcoming season I climbed back up there to inspect the duct-work and insulation. Besides the ducts needing repair I discovered the piss-poor application and depth of the blown in. In most areas it is 3" deep but in some spots it is much less and others about 5".
I'm toying with the plan to get some more R-38 batts and lay them cross-ways across the existing insulation over the main living area (500sq) where the thermostat is. This is where everyone spends 95% of the time anyway. I then plan to do the rest later.
One of the rationals for the batts is that I can do it by myself, it is easy, cheap, they can be moved around and they provide a more uniform application.
Ideas? Opinions?
rad