RJ Schuff
11-07-2003, 11:05 AM
Not so stealth gloat advisory. :p
For my 50th birthday I decided not to act my age an bought a 2003 Dream PT Cruiser, Series 2. Now I want to heat and insulate my garage so I can clean it and stare at it during the cold winter months. Sheesh.
I am all set with the heater portion of the project. I am having installed a Modine Hot Dawg 75,000 BTU natural gas heater next week. My question has to do with insulating the garage. I have never done this and am wondering what particulars I need to know. It seems the spaces between the studs are much narrower than the 16 inches on center I am used to in the house. Do they make insulation that is a garage width or am I going to have to cut bats? Any recommendations on specific products would be helpful. What about vapor barriers? I do not plan to keep the garage continually heated, just when I want to be out there. It is a 2 and 1/2 car garage that is unattached to the house.
I was thinking about sheathing it with OSB, but after reading the thread about current prices I think not. How about Drywall or pehaps nothing at all but plastic?
Any advice would be appreciated.
RJ
For my 50th birthday I decided not to act my age an bought a 2003 Dream PT Cruiser, Series 2. Now I want to heat and insulate my garage so I can clean it and stare at it during the cold winter months. Sheesh.
I am all set with the heater portion of the project. I am having installed a Modine Hot Dawg 75,000 BTU natural gas heater next week. My question has to do with insulating the garage. I have never done this and am wondering what particulars I need to know. It seems the spaces between the studs are much narrower than the 16 inches on center I am used to in the house. Do they make insulation that is a garage width or am I going to have to cut bats? Any recommendations on specific products would be helpful. What about vapor barriers? I do not plan to keep the garage continually heated, just when I want to be out there. It is a 2 and 1/2 car garage that is unattached to the house.
I was thinking about sheathing it with OSB, but after reading the thread about current prices I think not. How about Drywall or pehaps nothing at all but plastic?
Any advice would be appreciated.
RJ