Varage And Kitchen Attic Are Connected Should I Insulate

You have an air conditioned room above your garage.

Varage and kitchen attic are connected should i insulate.

Your hvac unit extends into your garage. Then cover it with drywall. You plan on turning your garage into a studio man cave or workshop. If you re considering turning your attic into conditioned storage or living space it s worth changing tactics to insulate between the rafters and wall joists instead of the floor.

Yes you should insulate your garage attic if. You are turning the garage into a bedroom. Hire a pro to install spray foam insulation. It isn t important to insulate the ceiling between the attic and the garage because those areas are not affected by a home s heating and cooling system.

The primary reason to insulate any part of the home is to provide a thermal barrier between conditioned heated or cooled interior space and the outdoors or unheated spaces such as an unfinished. Use fibreglass cellulose foam board or closed cell spray foam if it were my garage i d go with spray foam. You want to keep your garage cool for your dog. Insulating the area in the attic over a garage might keep the temperature a little more stable in the garage but it does little to reduce the amount of energy needed to heat and cool your house so it s not a good investment of your energy dollars.

It is important to insulate any walls that separate the garage from air conditioned rooms in the house. But if the garage is heated you should definitely insulate.