Search results for query: garage insulation

Hi all, just a quick one. I've started to insulate the metal garage door, which is part of the house. I've used Jablite Premium, was maybe going to add a layer of superfoil, then a gap, then some 5mm ply covering everything (which i need to double check is fire retardant but I'm fairly certain...

Have a bedroom that is part over a garage, and part within pitched roof. Basically in the winter, its cold. But what are the recommendations for insulation. Could I pull up floorboards and lay insulation between joists, and would this be best just over the garage area, or whole bedroom floor...

I'm looking to cheaply insulate my detached double garage. It's a single brick wall construction with a tiled pitched roof with a membrane underneath. I use the space in the pitch for storage so don't really want to loose that. I'm just doing the basics at the moment. Insulating the single...

I have a bedroom extension above my garage (built before I purchased house) which always feels cold. I have insulated the loft space well above it but can feel the cold in the carpet which leads me to want to insulate the garage ceiling - I have a decent roller door so drafts minimal into...

I have a garage on the end of a pitch-roofed bungalow which I would like to make into a work shop. The roof is of purlin and rafter construction and there are only three ceiling joists across the 3.5m width of the garage, one at each side by the walls and one in the middle. Ultimately I would...

IM in the process of converting an attached brick garage into a habitable space. A local builder has given me some ideas and we discussed how he would insulate the walls. His plan is to build a timber stud frame and fill the gaps with 50mm cellotex. The cellotex would be in direct contact with...

Hi, Hope someone can help me. I have a garage that is being rebuilt as a playroom and about to insulate roof. The roof construction form top down is: Coroline Breathable Membrane OSB /Sterling Board Deck Rafters If I insulate from the underneath between the rafters do I need to...

Hi newbie to the forum here. I know its not a big project but any advice would be welcome. I have a new timber frame garage, concrete base, to keep a classic car in. So I decided insulating it would be the best way to ensure its a good space to work in, and the right atmosphere to keep a...

Apologies in advance for the stupid questions. I'd rather make them on here, than when I place my orders... I have a detatched garage of roughly 3 x 5m, which I'm planning to use as home studio. The previous owner started to convert it, by replacing the garage door with a double-glazed...

Hello i have a single skin garage with breeze blocks, the walls in some areas look kind of damp, not to bad but the brinks are darker. can i put fix batons to the walls and use foiled back insulation and boards. will this cause Mold in the cavity? is there any other ways of doing this.

Hello Had my house fully rewired a couple of years ago. The board is in the garage and there is a bedroom above the garage. Most the cables come out the board and through the garage ceiling/bedroom floor. I want to insulate the garage ceiling/bedroom floor but I believe that cables surrounded...

I have a double garage which is actually divided in two. One side is already insulated, the other side is not The side that’s not insulated is storing wood that’s used for my wife’s business and needs to be kept dry, currently we have a humidifier running more or less 24/7 which is not ideal...

Hi Hi wanted to put some new lights up in garage so cut a hole in ceiling and fitted an access hatch thinking I could climb up there however after seeing the timber decided it probably wouldn’t be safe to climb around in there, I managed to fish my cables where i needed so that job was ok. The...

Hello, I am about to insulate my flat garage roof, the plan was to leave a 50mm air gap, then 170mm of fibreglass roll or sheet, then dpc as a vapour barrier and then plaster board. However the joists are approx 30cm apart from eash other do I need to drill into the sofits of the garage, between...

Hi We have a garage underneath our house which spans underneath the hall and kitchen. The house is 25 years old and in the winter the kitchen gets cold, when we moved in 6 months ago we had an energy saving assessment, the main suggestion was to insulate the garage ceiling to reduce the cold...

Can I use Jablite Jabfloor 70 under a 150mm concrete garage floor? The plan was to insulate the garage floor down the line and then put in a floating floor but the digger driver has cut too much out of the base so I might as well get the insulation in at floor level rather than first floor...

Is it worth doing? Either just lining the outer casing round and above the combustion chamber area with (removable) celotex or trying to build an insulated cupboard round the whole thing. It seems to kick a fair bit of heat into the garage when running, but I don't want to start melting the fan...

I am about to construct a small workshop cabin inside my large, cold garage. What would people's recommendations be for insulation material between the inner and outer walls (which will be prob ext. osb and/or ply)? Also, do I need a dpm anywhere in that mix and if so, where? Will be...

We have a cold room above a garage and just installed new laminate floors installed (just bought the house in the summer). I don't know what insulation i in there (house built 1997). I don't want to break up the new floor but the garage ceiling is plastered. Would it make any sens to add...

Hi Newly built attached garage with utility at the back. The utility has a warm roof. The garage is not insulated but caviry wall between garage and utility room. Should i be insulating the top of the walls, sealing the gaps where the joists run? If so what the recommended method? Photos...