Do I need to insulate the garage? Depends on how you use it. It’s one thing if the garage is “just a roof” to protect from rain and sun. And quite another if here you have a full workshop (not necessarily automotive).
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For many home and car owners garage — the continuation of the building: workshop, toilet and rest room, in which case it is possible to spend the night. Therefore, the query “how to insulate garage” often implies its transformation in the second house. And from this neighborhood, only worse.
Important — ventilation
Known fact: the car, wintering on the street, live longer and maintained better than in the cheese and heat the garage.
Designing Durham
In a warm garage when the temperature drops the machine “fog up”. And where humidity — there is rust on the body and fungal mold in the cabin. Anti-icing agents on the way to the garage accelerate corrosion. Therefore, in the first place garage good ventilation:
- to remove the typical garage “flavors” — oil and petrol;
- to remove humidity from the lower (ground) level;
- to reduce the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Gelotte Hommas Architecture Drivdahl
Why in the garage to support “plus“
SNiP 21-02-99 “Parking” on this subject simply reports: “In a heated Parking design temperature of air in premises for storage cars should take 5°C (section 6.10)… In an unheated Parking lots is sufficient to provide heating only auxiliary premises (paragraph 6.11)”.
It turns out that the main task of garage insulation — frost protection: to make the storage room car temperature never dropped below zero.
Rhonda Vandiver-White
It is clear that the need is absolutely not the car (she has a stove, washer tank, the antifreeze and the cooling system — antifreeze, so sub-zero temperatures her uneasy). Heat you need, if you decide to work in the garage. But it is enough before work to turn the heater on and off.
Bad things happened when the cold in the garage breaks the heating system or the plumbing. But to maintain zero temperature in a suburban garage just because of the fact that it can burst the faucet, are wasteful.
Tip: Before thinking about insulation, consider measures for winter preservation garage water (if you have one).
HyggeLiG
Fact: SNiP 21-02-99 mandatory for “large” construction projects for private owners it is a recommendation. But in any case should comply with the fire and sanitary requirements and standards related to the placement of buildings on the site.
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Where to Park the car in the country?
Fire protection requirements
The garage is a high fire risk. Unfortunately, the majority of cases the fire is not because in the car gasoline, and due to faulty wiring in the garage. Here are the basic rules that must be followed.
Garagetek (GarageTek Russia)
- The garage should not be heating (it is because we are talking about warming, not heating).
- The fire extinguisher must be not only in the car but in the garage. Plus sure — fire shield.
- Wiring is performed in accordance with the Rules of technical operation of electrical installations of consumers (pteep): only in a metal sleeve, with automatic fuses, a mandatory ground. Bulbs in the factory ceiling.
- The inner lining of the garage — only non-combustible materials, no lining and “non-flammable” plastic.
- Distance from detached garage to other buildings — not less than 6 to 15 meters (between the stone is 6 m, between the wood — 15 m).
The choice of method of insulation of the garage depends on where exactly on the site it is located.
Studio Svetlana Pisarski
If the garage is in the basement of the house
In previous years (usually in the projects of country houses 15 years ago) a practical homeowners had the garage and auxiliary premises in the basement. The advantage of this design solution, the minimum building spot on a compact site. The downside is that it is the most expensive option: the cost of the garage basement could easily exceed one third of the estimated cost of construction.
Concrete or brick plinth if it meets the SNiP 23-02-2003 “Thermal protection of buildings” and keeps zero temperature in the winter, additional insulation is not required. But if, in an unheated garage in the basement floor there is a heated area, they should be insulated. For example, located in the basement room and bathroom, it is desirable to insulate the “warm” side.
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Garages located in the basement, pay special attention to the upper floor. First, not to vystojat room above the garage (and the garage is almost street). Second, the overlap should be not only insulated, and sealed to the exhaust gases and typical garage “flavors” did not penetrate into the above spaces.
Important: remove the exhaust and humid air from the basement should be done at the expense of having separate vertical ventkanal from the vent on the roof of the building. To garage the hood is absolutely impossible to connect the ducts from the upstream areas. And in any case (because the height of the ventkanal in a private home is usually not higher than 5-6 m) natural draft for the removal of excess moisture and products of combustion will not be enough: you will need a productive channel fan control and enabling automation.
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Natural ventilation: Equip hood
Springburn Joinery
If the garage — the continuation of the building: Annex
More often than in the basement, the garage on parcel a in the Annex, with entrance to the house. It’s convenient: you can drive the car under the roof and immediately go to the hall or living room, to the fireplace. To finish gradually: first to do the canopy, then sheathe the walls and insulate them. Well, if the family expanded, the attached garage can be turned into a spacious room with panoramic window and separate exit.
If you have an attached garage, it needs to be separated from the residential part of not just a wall, and fire firewall wall, ideally concrete or brick, cut through the building vertically up to the roof.
If it is not provided by the project, will have to think not only about the insulation, but additional fire safety measures.
Garagetek (GarageTek Russia)
How to frame insulate a garage?
If you are planning to turn the built-in (or attached to the house) frame the garage into the living room, this should take care in advance.
Priority 1 Project Management
If the garage is the continuation of the plot: a detached
Another common option of garage in a country area — a detached, of brick, foam blocks or traditional metal. This garage is especially popular with those who love tinkering with their hands and not want to prevent loud sounds home.
Some homeowners cut the front wall of the garage with automatic gate in the fence, making the entry with gates directly from the street and the street door to the site. Plus the fact that instead of two pairs of automatic gates is one. And home from the garage you have to go sometimes under the rain.
Sippican Partners Construction, LLC
Fact: If building has no basement (located on concreted Parking area), it is not heated and is made of easily erected structures (e.g. sandwich panels) — garage can be positioned as a temporary structure not requiring approvals. This allows you to bypass the town planning restrictions associated with the rules of the location of the buildings on the site and to avoid potential conflicts with neighbors.
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Ban on stationary heating in the garage (see fire requirements) does not mean that it cannot insulate and heat it, so I can work in a comfortable environment. But, first, if it’s just a garage, not a room of the garage, warm it to room status and to maintain a constant temperature — makes no sense. And second of all, fire safety is paramount: close to car and shelves with fuels and lubricants — no open flames should not be.
Want to work in the cold, use a heat gun. Finished work, turn off all heating devices.
Copeland Architecture & Construction Inc
Metal garage insulation
Cheap national team “box” that you don’t plan to constantly use as a workshop, insulation wouldn’t hurt. But please without fanaticism! And don’t forget about ventilation: no need to turn this garage into a thermos or sauna. To insulate the iron garage it is desirable that in the summer it does not overheat in the sun, and winter was able to heat the air tram of the oven or heat gun (if you decide to work). But in this case it is better to insulate the heat and not the garage and adjoining Studio room — it is more economical.
Important: Before you insulate a metal garage or a garage of corrugated Board inside (for example, spraying polyurethane foam), take care of anticorrosive processing of the latent structures. The fact that when heated in the cold on the hidden structures and the rear side of the metal condensation. And the more you operate the building, the faster it wears out.
Garagetek (GarageTek Russia)
What to insulate in the garage
The roof, walls, gates, floor and inspection pit — that is, the entire garage perimeter. Explain what to consider and what it depends on.
1. Insulate the roof, top floor
Warm air tends to rise upwards. Therefore, the lion’s share of heat in any building (a garage in this respect no exception) goes through the roof and top floor.
Green CAT Services
► If the roof rail, there are two different classes of insulation
1). Sealed (spray polyurethane foam, sandwich panels made of profiled sheet).
2). Insulated ceiling and “walk the wind” in the attic. Traditional “old-fashioned” material for this insulation of the upper ceiling in garages — concrete block: he is not affected by mold, is fireproof and relatively lightweight.
In both cases you need a ceiling covering of non-combustible materials close to the insulator — and no false ceilings and cavities, which can accumulate dust, soot and moisture.
Garagetek (GarageTek Russia)
► If the roof is concrete
For insulating concrete roof of the garage “handymen” offer to hem the ceiling with foam and clad in decorative panels. Strongly recommend that such insulation from reasons of fire safety. Materials based on expanded polystyrene can be used. But securely cover them with two layers of fireproof Board materials on a mineral basis (DSP, scope of glass sheets) and plaster.
Safe House
2. Insulated walls — inside or outside?
How to insulate a garage — outside or inside — depending on the composition of the garage areas and economic zones. The insulation on the street side to minimize the thermal bridges, and in the case that insulation is made of materials based on polystyrene — comply with fire safety requirements. For external insulation of the garage fit a wide range of materials, from polystyrene to mineral wool on basalt basis. But in most cases the garages are still required not external, but internal insulation.
Sandcastle Constructors
The wall sheathing only need materials which do not burn and do not gain moisture. The best option is cement particle Board (DSP).
The worst idea is to sheathe the garage with drywall from the inside: even moisture-resistant drywall does not stand up garage dampness, changes in temperature and absorbs typical garage “flavors” — oil and gasoline.
Tip: don’t forget that the garage wall will have to wash it. The best option facing the lower level — ceramic tile (expensive). In working areas it is permissible to use PVC cladding panels, but not in the form of a continuous veneer, and as a protective apron.
Park City Design Build
Than to insulate
For insulation of walls from the inside of the garage suitable for the following materials:
- basalt (stone) wool;
- expanded clay;
- ceramic tile (for lining wet areas);
- PIR foil insulation based on rigid polyurethane foam;
- sandwich panels made of profiled sheet with insulation of stone wool or polyurethane foam (three in one: insulation, exterior and interior cladding).
M2 Tile & Stone Inc
Suitable with reservations:
- foam, extruded polystyrene foam — only insulation on the outside. For insulation from the inside you can use fragments and additional fireproof lining (double layer DSP, or plaster);
- PVC panels for cladding fragmented areas of high pollution. For example, to fit over a workbench or lower level where the possible damage. Solid walls with plastic sheeting and suspended ceilings — also a bad idea: under the plastic collects dust, soot, moisture. But most importantly, he does not meet the requirements of fire safety.
Categorically not suitable:
- drywall (the garage does not withstand damp);
- glass wool — mineral wool on the basis of quartz glass (hygroscopic, absorbs odors).
SevernyeVrata
3. Insulated garage doors
The need for insulation of the garage door depends on how much time you spend in it. To insulate conventional hinged door can be any materials based on expanded polystyrene: foam, heat insulation material is laid, extruded polystyrene. An extra layer can be used foil izolon.
City-Blinds
Shutters – 12 500 RUB.
On the photo: the gate roller shutter profile with foam filling (insulated shutters) can easily cope with the task of maintaining zero temperature, if the street light minus
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Tip: If you often keep the gate open, use additional measures to insulation of garage doors from the inside. A good option is a curtain of heavy thick technical fabrics. Usually the materials used for covers: for example, canvas, technical fabric Oxford or PVC fabric (banner fabric). It is economical, practical and does not create a nuisance on a cold day, even if you have to open the garage door. For summer curtain can be removed.
GarageFloorCoating.com
4. Insulated floor and inspection pit
The need for insulation of the concrete floor and inspection pit in the garage also depends on the mode of their use. If the garage is used as workshop — desirable warm screed with a layer of extruded polystyrene foam. If only to store — does not necessarily insulate.
Much more important to ensure the drainage of meltwater drainage to avoid flooding (if the floor level is low) and not have to deal with puddles from melted snow.
Wilson Brothers
5. Insulated communication
Take care about the insulation of the garage plumbing. If you are not willing to maintain a constant zero temperature, consider a preservation system.
- Provide shut-off valve on the input and the ability to drain the water from boilers and domestic water supply.
- For the frost protection of external of pipelines and also passing through the garage highways of water, use heating cables and pipe insulation made of polyethylene foam.
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Good question: How and why to insulate the Foundation
Oakwrights
And if the garage is made of wood?
To the question “how to insulate a wooden garage” answer: very carefully. Wood frame garages are better not to insulate at all, than to insulate correctly (that is the traditional frame building method, using mineral wool and vapor barrier to the state “living-room”).
First, such construction will be very difficult to legislate: it’s likely “not pass” standards of fire safety. Whereas a non-insulated wooden shed or a garage without a Foundation with slatted cladding can be positioned as a temporary, prefabricated structure.
Mascheroni Construction
Second, periodically heated and insulated wood garage has a chance to quickly rot.
Thirdly, wood has the tendency of absorbing all the smells, including the distinctive garage “flavors” of oil and gasoline.
And finally, remember fire safety. Let the wooden garage will only be the “roof” to protect from sun and rain. And insulate it undesirable — even in a wooden garage wind howled.
Pickell Architecture
Tip: If you don’t like to work on a wind — insulate, but very carefully. Take care of the continuous waterproofing of the bottom. Then treat the wooden frame with antiseptics and flame retardants and make a minimum insulation basalt wool (enough layer of 5 cm). But don’t forget about the vapor barrier (part NR) from the inside. Remember that all wiring should be external only — in metal hose and with mandatory grounding. In this garage you will be able to work comfortably in almost any weather.
Evdokia Dembo
IT’S YOUR TURN…
Tell us about how you built, and insulate the garage at the cottage. What difficulties arose in the process of insulation and use?
