Comfenergy Case Studies: Dense Packing Garage Wall Insulation Solutions
Challenge
Many garages are unconditioned spaces. This means they have no direct source for heating or cooling and are often susceptible to influence from outside temperatures. Turning a garage into a conditioned space can help with comfort in any connected rooms that share floors or walls with the garage. It can also help to allow for better storage and or parking inside of the garage. When the ceiling of a garage is not properly insulated, cold air from the garage can make any rooms above the garage colder in the winter. Conversely, in the summer and hotter months, warm air can make those same rooms too hot. The walls of a garage should also be insulated to create a proper barrier between outside and inside.
Solution
Many homeowners want to condition their garages and insulate them without any major impact to the walls. We offer a process known as "Dense packing" where will cut holes in the walls and blow in rock Wool insulation to fill up the wall cavities and ceiling cavities of a garage. This helps to insulate and also helps with sound reduction. This can all lead to improved comfort in the connected rooms that shares walls and floors with the garage and can lessen the sound from things like garage door openers or vehicle in the garage. For a garage like this one we were able to remove the external siding and cut the holes to insert insulation through.
