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I need to figure something to do with my garage. At the moment it's as cold inside as outside. Like my car had some ice on it last night, and it was still frozen there in the morning. Outside was -10, inside was -9.
I'm not expecting a warm garage, but I figure just the heat from the car itself & from the occasional door to the house opening should keep it at a roughly positive temperature.
During the summer it was also often hotter in the garage than it was outside.
Not sure if it's something I can take care of myself without involving a specialist insulator.
That feels like a place for a rich person to bring parties and/or mistresses to and not to really live in.
Yeah this is a party building/AirBnB/Vrbo or whatever.
That Zillow listing would be less ridiculous if it were more honest about what it was and not saying it was "single family" or whatever.
Just look at this sad, empty sports house in all its glory. Really take it in. Six TVs. A hot tub. A stripper pole. A random chandelier. Honeycomb accent lighting on the ceiling. A seventh TV. A giant window with a view of the development. No one even bothered to photoshop furniture into this house because they knew whoever moved in would go all hot tub all the time. That’s a 10-person hot tub by the way, not that whoever buys this place will have nine friends to invite over.
look into a small single zone mini split and check your walls and ceiling joists for insulation!
edit: the insulation you can absolutely do yourself.
The walls/ceiling are dry-walled, so I feel like there must be insulation back there or else the prior owners fucked it up.
Maybe there's a crack, or the door isn't fully sealing to the ground?
My garage was built in 2005 is fully drywalled and painted and has no insulation in either walls or ceiling ( except for wall touching the house ).
It is a common practice
look into a small single zone mini split and check your walls and ceiling joists for insulation!
edit: the insulation you can absolutely do yourself.
The walls/ceiling are dry-walled, so I feel like there must be insulation back there or else the prior owners fucked it up.
Maybe there's a crack, or the door isn't fully sealing to the ground?
It -could- be those things, but I'd wager there's no insulation. You would be able to feel a draft pretty easily if there's a crack or broken seal. Check the insulation first by drilling a hole in the bottom of a wall about 3" above the floor (above the sill plate but below any electric wiring). You should be able to see pretty easy if it's insulated!
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Garages are typically not insulated, even if they put drywall in. It's dumb as hell.
In addition to having insulation added, you can also insulate the door itself. You have a choice between the cheaper insulation panels you can add to the existing door (just be aware that adding more mass can stress your door lifter out), or replacing the door with an insulated one.
Thanks to Jimmy Carter's best presidential action I was able to take the day and replace the floor boards damaged by flooding this summer
It was getting to the point where the hallway was going to cause someone to trip
But apparently I should have done it sooner because the corner of my office was also a low point and that board was now growing mold
Fortunately I had just enough spares to replace what needed replacing. And I was able to get both floor areas ripped up and put back in a day. Just need to install 3 new thresholds, and redo the trim caulking/touch up paint on the baseboards to finish it up.
chances are low I actually finish the trim touchups
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I'm not expecting a warm garage, but I figure just the heat from the car itself & from the occasional door to the house opening should keep it at a roughly positive temperature.
During the summer it was also often hotter in the garage than it was outside.
Not sure if it's something I can take care of myself without involving a specialist insulator.
edit: the insulation you can absolutely do yourself.
Jalopnik calls it the house designed for a Cybertruck owner:
The walls/ceiling are dry-walled, so I feel like there must be insulation back there or else the prior owners fucked it up.
Maybe there's a crack, or the door isn't fully sealing to the ground?
It is a common practice
It -could- be those things, but I'd wager there's no insulation. You would be able to feel a draft pretty easily if there's a crack or broken seal. Check the insulation first by drilling a hole in the bottom of a wall about 3" above the floor (above the sill plate but below any electric wiring). You should be able to see pretty easy if it's insulated!
In addition to having insulation added, you can also insulate the door itself. You have a choice between the cheaper insulation panels you can add to the existing door (just be aware that adding more mass can stress your door lifter out), or replacing the door with an insulated one.
It was getting to the point where the hallway was going to cause someone to trip
But apparently I should have done it sooner because the corner of my office was also a low point and that board was now growing mold
Fortunately I had just enough spares to replace what needed replacing. And I was able to get both floor areas ripped up and put back in a day. Just need to install 3 new thresholds, and redo the trim caulking/touch up paint on the baseboards to finish it up.
who puts in marble floors
Flooring: Tile
Real quality stuff would be mentioned in the description, "Callacatta marble throughout..." I bet it's not even Venetian.
Someone who really wants an excuse to wear slippers or slide around in their socks
I actually like a lot of elements of that!
All of it is... well... that.
I mean, I like blue! But...within reason.