Hi, you guys helped me out with my crawlspace last year, and I REALLY appreciate it. This year I'm tackling some obvious and not so obvious problems with my garage. The front half of the garage has it's own roof, and zero insulation or drywall (bare studs), the back half is fully drywalled with insulation in the walls, but not the ceiling. The roof common to the garage is completely open. I'm about 20-30 miles north of Seattle.
So from the pictures I'm guessing I need;
-More blown in insulation in the attic, but how much and how to keep it from clogging the vents?
-Insulation between the floors (2x10 joists), is it worth it to do it the whole length, or just in the garage? (since there's no bracing either I think I've thought up a way to compress and stuff batts with minimal drywall disruption, I will be adding some bracing. The way I'm planning the batts should just inflate out once in place)
-Add a vent in the convenient spot in the peak of the roof? What kind? Will I need to close it in the winter?
-Add some rigid insulation to the wall in the garage 'attic'?
-The way the garage roof was framed it would be kind of tough to do any insulation there, any benefit to insulating and drywalling the front half of the garage?
Thanks for ANY advice!!!!! I've put in some window AC units in both affected bedrooms and they can't keep up in this recent heat wave.
So from the pictures I'm guessing I need;
-More blown in insulation in the attic, but how much and how to keep it from clogging the vents?
-Insulation between the floors (2x10 joists), is it worth it to do it the whole length, or just in the garage? (since there's no bracing either I think I've thought up a way to compress and stuff batts with minimal drywall disruption, I will be adding some bracing. The way I'm planning the batts should just inflate out once in place)
-Add a vent in the convenient spot in the peak of the roof? What kind? Will I need to close it in the winter?
-Add some rigid insulation to the wall in the garage 'attic'?
-The way the garage roof was framed it would be kind of tough to do any insulation there, any benefit to insulating and drywalling the front half of the garage?
Thanks for ANY advice!!!!! I've put in some window AC units in both affected bedrooms and they can't keep up in this recent heat wave.
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