The Smartest Way to Insulate Your Garage Door: A Complete DIY Guide
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Published 2024-07-11
Why Insulate Your Garage Door? Insulating your garage door helps maintain a stable temperature inside, making your workshop more comfortable throughout the year. It also reduces energy costs by preventing heat loss in winter and heat gain in summer.
What You'll Learn in This Video:
🔹 The basics of insulation and how it works
🔹 Different forms of heat transfer and how to control each
🔹 Step-by-step guide to installing a radiant barrier with air pockets and Styrofoam boards
🔹 How to measure and cut insulation materials
🔹 Tips for a clean and efficient installation
Materials Used:
• Radiant barrier with air pockets
• Styrofoam boards
• Aluminum foil tape
• Sharpie marker
• Measuring tape
• Razor blade
Results: After completing the insulation, the outside temperature was 113.7°F, while inside the garage, it was a much cooler 90°F. That's a 23.7-degree difference, showcasing the effectiveness of the insulation!
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All Comments (21)
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When the girls start helping you clean, it's adorable! I love it when my kids want to help me.
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Great video Carlos! I appreciate the detail explanation for heat transfer. Thanks
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The approach that I've used in 3 houses in blazing Florida is: Buy the 2 inch 4Ă—8 sheets of rigid insulation with the radiant foil on one side (shiny foil goes toward the door). Cut to fit on my table saw with rabbet joints to help it fit into the channels. Its a snug friction fit thatnis slightly fatter than the door. So once you add the stiffener braces, it just snugs everything up! The door barely rattles now as the styrofoam adds a lot of stiffness and deadens the sound a LOT. I also installed an oversized ductless mini split in there as well. So it's quite comfy!
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The production quality is excellent for a channel with less than 200 subs. Carlos, you are doing great work!
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Great video Carlos! I got lots of good info from it for my identical project and the ways you shared your thoughts for “future Carlos” and after you slept were quite enjoyable and entertaining! Appreciate your level of detail and the fun you and your family put into this video. Keep up the great work! Many thanks, Rob
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Thank you carlos. This is the exact thing I wanted to do to my garage.
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I’ll definitely look into applying this solution in my own garage. Seeing the difference in temperature from inside and outside was crazy! More comfortable garage temperature = more time working on all the home projects!
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Looks so easy with your explanation . Very good info. Thanks
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cheers for the advice Carlos
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Great video, I appreciate that you showed the mistakes like garage bracing, and what you would have changed like the tape. Subscribed!
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Great Video…
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Awesome!
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Bro that Zelda tune!!!! hahahahahah Subscribing for more Zelda tunes, 3D prints like Majora's Mask... oh yes and the DIY content! Great work dude
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5 years ago I did a radiant reflective barrier with an air gap, no foam on my garage door. There is a 20 to 30 degree F difference from the outside of the garage door and the inside temp. I did the same for my ceiling. Now when it's 110 outside it's about 85 to 90 degrees in the garage. That is about as hot as it gets here. So I am happy, I guess when it gets into the 120s in a few more years I will need to foam board up as well.
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Muy bien explicado!!
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Me anima a la instalaciĂłn del aislante!!
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Awsome, I really enjoyed your video 👍🏻👍🏻
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Throw a little portable AC and heater combo in there and you will be working in luxury conditions
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Maybe it was just me but I found the background music a bit distracting/loud. Other than that great video, best of luck.
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I have a several question but most importantly - THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I've been scouring YT on and off for a few years looking for someone to explain the best way to insulate my garage door and why - you hit the nail on the head. Few questions: does any of this vary if the garage door is wood (I have a wood door)? what about foam thickness? I noticed you had pink in the background but used white - density difference? Last question, with regards to the reflect aluminum barrier, on mine one side is the "aluminum" reflective side and the other side is white. For wood doors, you're supposed to have the white side facing the inside of the garage. Do you know why? Thanks again for video!
