Family Friendly Cruises - Insulating Your Garage

Then you should consider adding additional insulation and installing new weather stripping, if you would like to lower your heating and cooling bills or simply would like to make this part of your home a more comfortable environment to work and live in. Garages lose a large amount of energy due to a lack of insulation.

Insulation kits are not very expensive and will pay for themselves through their energy savings. Special kits are available to install additional insulation to your door. These doors have poor insulation qualities, often. A major source of energy loss is the garage door.

Mark all noticeable air leaks with a pencil for further insulation and air sealing measures. Anywhere you see light from the outside is a major air leak. See if you can see any daylight entering your garage from the outside, with the lights out. Close the door to the outside as well, next. You will need to turn off all lights in your garage and close the door to the rest of your house during hours when it is light outside, to make sure that your door does not have any visible air leaks. Another reason why this particular room looses so much energy is because garage doors are often not air tight with the outside.

Making sure to scrap off adhesive left from the previous defective door stripping, make sure that the bottom of your door is clean and even, when installing your weather stripping. Installing your weather strip kit will only take a couple of hours. These door weather strip kits are available online and at many local home improvement stores. It is time for an upgrade, if you do not have a garage door weather strip or if your door weather stripping is old and or defective. A common major air leak and source of energy loss is from the space often left between the garage door and the floor.

This do it yourself project will also leave you with a garage that is more comfortable to work in. A small investment in a new weather strip and additional insulation will easily pay for itself in lower utility bills. Installing a weather strip on your garage do is an easy do it yourself home improvement project that will take you only a few hours.