I had planned on going to Mom's house last weekend and helping out with projects, but until the night before, she had not thought of anything important she needed me to do. However, Friday night she asked if I could insulate her garage, which seemed like a big project.
Saturday morning was a mess and I did not drive up there until the late afternoon, but I felt I did not have time to spare, so I drove past her house another twenty minutes to Lowe's. I wanted to purchase sheet foam, apparently the foil-sided stuff was the way to go, but I was not eager to strap foam board to the top of my car during a rain storm. That is yet another reason I wish I could have planned ahead and had this delivered. I bought two of these kits:
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Insulfoam-R...-5-ft/50244957. $57 each, but one nice feature, aside from being cut to the height of the door panels, was the cuts in the back, which made it easier to bend. Also, the side you see has plain white plastic on it, without writing or markings, like foam board would have, but twice the price!
I kind of wish I had known about this product:
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Johns-Manvi...2-ft-L/3033536
It is wrapped in plastic, which I like for various reasons, but it only came in one 32’ roll for $19.91. I would have needed six for $119.46
Home Depot does not sell Roxul within a hundred miles of her house or mine. The Lowe’s link I shared before is currently $57.35 for twelve half-length batts. I would have needed four for $229.40. They stay in place with tension, so they would not require facing or anything else for that reason, but I would still need to cover them out of concern my autistic brother would pick at it. I forgot I would need to special order it, although I never checked a store near me.
I could have bought it here and driven it up, although each package weighs 48.91 pounds, so like having one very fluffy passenger.
You are supposed to use the same protective equipment as fiberglass, even though it is 100% fiberglass-free. They did have this:
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Johns-Manvi...-in-L/50133330, which sounds like Roxul, but is $21.88 for seven half-length batts, and still contains fiberglass. I would have needed seven for $153.16. An employee convinced me to purchase this:
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Johns-Manvi...3-in-L/3011685, $51.88 for eleven full-length batts. Two did the job for $103.76, plus a staple gun.
Mom filled Dad’s old parking spot with storage, although she says there are many old cardboard boxes that need to be cut up and recycled. I have long wanted to get her steel shelves. For some reason I thought I would start working on that first, but I do not know why I would do anything before installing drywall, although we realized the inside door is hollow, while fire code requires a solid door, which I bought, but I need to trim it down, and I find that prospect to be very exciting.
So, when I am able to continue the job, I plan on installing drywall (which I will have delivered!), trim and install the door, and start going through the stuff in the garage. There are also pegboard, shelves, and other things attached to the other wall, and I would need to remove that first.
I also insulated above the garage door, so the garage is now one-quarter insulated. Mom excitedly said “The garage is no longer freezing! Don’t you need a warm coat?”
I would like to install sprinklers in the spring, but it looks like that is more expensive than I would have thought.