Garage Door Insulation

With many people heating garages these days, garage door insulation has gained more importance. Even if you don't heat your garage for use as a work shop (or whatever), it is vital that your garage door is well sealed.

For our purposes here, I will assume that you will continue to use your garage door. If you are intending to keep it closed permanently, you should frame it out and insulate like you would the rest of the walls.

When you compare the designs of garage doors, pay attention to the way they seal between the panels. If you have small children, look at the edges of the panels. There are several designs which will not allow fingers to be pinched while the door is closing. These designs also seal well.

If you're buying a new garage door, select one that is already insulated. These can give ratings up to R-18, and you can easily find weatherstripping kits for the space around the perimeter. Some designs include windows, which will allow light into the garage.

If you are adding garage door insulation to an existing unit, you should purchase rigid insulation - like foam insulation boards - which can be cut to fit into (or be glued to the surface of) the individual panels of the door. Ask the salesman at the store for the best adhesive to use for this purpose.

You should also ask about the appropriate weatherstripping for garage doors. Adding garage door insulation without the weatherstripping (or vice-versa) would be relatively useless. It's the combination that will give you the results you want.

As an alternative to foam boards, you can use insulated acoustic ceiling panels. They are thinner, so they won't give you the same R rating as a 2" foam board, but they will look much better, and will take paint better - if you choose to go that way.

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