Garage Door Insulation Kits: Keeping the Summer Heat and Winter Cold Out
of Your Garage
The largest unheated space in the house is usually the garage. This could result
in a costly loss of heat that can be prevented by insulating the garage door
against the summer heat and winter cold. One fast, easy and convenient way of
doing it is to use a garage door insulation kit.
What's Inside the Garage Door Insulation Kit
Garage door insulation kits available in the market basically contain everything
you need to insulate the garage door to ensure that the heat in the garage stays
inside. The garage door insulation kit is good for insulating metal garage
doors, and you can install it yourself without professional training.
The insulation in these kits is polystyrene, which is usually suited for metal
doors. The insulating panels are covered with high impact plastic and should fit
flush to the inside of the garage door, or they can also be cut to fit. The
insulation is then injected as foam, filling every possible space in the door.
This eliminates possible voids, as the injected foam insulation bonds with the
metal of the door. Polystyrene also has a high R-value for insulation, reducing
your costs for heating or cooling the garage.
If your garage has two doors, you need to purchase a garage door insulation kit
for each door. Installing garage door insulation can also give the door a whole
new look.
Insulation Blankets
Weather-stripping the garage door is always a good idea, as the area inside has
been known to consume a large amount of energy. It also ensures that heat
remains inside the house during the winter season. It's recommended that an
insulation blanket should be installed to prevent cold air from entering the
garage and warm air from leaking out when the garage is heated. Mostly made from
vinyl-faced fiberglass, the insulation blanket can reduce heating bills and will
not interfere with normal door operation.
Garages are a very well used area in the modern homes of today, making
insulation a must in order to conserve heat energy in the house and keep out the
cold air. Advances in modern technology have even made improvements in the
garage door industry, where a thin skin of fiberglass over a steel door can give
it the appearance of a wooden garage door. |
