Insulation options for room above garage - polyiso the best?
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Insulation options for room above garage - polyiso the best?
Hi,
I have a room above the garage which I struggle to keep under temperature control its either too hot in the summer or too cold in the winter.
One solution I am thinking off is attaching polyiso to the ceiling of the garage with drywall over the top.
Is this the most effective option?
I will also be adding more loose cellulose insulation in the attic surrounding the bonus room.
Thanks.
I have a room above the garage which I struggle to keep under temperature control its either too hot in the summer or too cold in the winter.
One solution I am thinking off is attaching polyiso to the ceiling of the garage with drywall over the top.
Is this the most effective option?
I will also be adding more loose cellulose insulation in the attic surrounding the bonus room.
Thanks.
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Just an attic above the room. I'm having loose cellulose added there to take it up to 12inches.
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Just an attic above the room. I'm having loose cellulose added there to take it up to 12inches.
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Sorry!
I am not doing much with the walls (the house is 11 years old) so assumption is the insulation within the walls is adequate - or am I wrong? On one wall that borders with attic space I will be having polyiso attached to the attic side.
I am not doing much with the walls (the house is 11 years old) so assumption is the insulation within the walls is adequate - or am I wrong? On one wall that borders with attic space I will be having polyiso attached to the attic side.
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Not to take from Nashkat on the walls answer, is there any insulation in the ceiling of the garage? You could foam board below the joists after installing cavity insulation, just no vinyl flooring above. This would decouple the room from the airspace below, after air-sealing the top plate holes (wiring, etc.); BSI-009: New Light In Crawlspaces — Building Science Information Foil-tape the seams. Notice the insulation gap to floor above only after the foam board.
Use 5/8" drywall per fire code, ADA it: Info-401: Air Barriers
Plug the garage door ceiling brackets holes, electrical boxes for openers, and fire-tape the drywall for air-tightness of your new air barrier.
Gary
Use 5/8" drywall per fire code, ADA it: Info-401: Air Barriers
Plug the garage door ceiling brackets holes, electrical boxes for openers, and fire-tape the drywall for air-tightness of your new air barrier.
Gary
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Unfortunately I don't know what insulation is in the garage ceiling. It is finished on both sides. When you say "foam board" is that different to polyiso?
The flooring in the room above the garage is carpet and will remain so.
The flooring in the room above the garage is carpet and will remain so.
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Same, though the facing can change. They used foil-faced in that link. XPS would also work. Underground is a different story; https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q...4EyM707m0gPdXQ
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I am not doing much with the walls (the house is 11 years old) so assumption is the insulation within the walls is adequate - or am I wrong?
too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter
Gary has given you some solid advice on what you might do below, and your plan to add blown-in cellulose above may do what you need there. Twelve inches of cellulose should give you R-45.6, just for that material alone. That seems a bit much. You can use the ZIP-Code Insulation Program to learn the optimal value for your house. I plugged in some basic assumptions for a house in a ZIP Code beginning with 010, and got R-38 for the attic.
Is the attic well ventilated?
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