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From: "Barry Schwartz" <bschwart@pacbell.net>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Cc: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 8:23 PM
Subject: To insulate on not...that is the question!
> Now that the house and detached 4 car Triumph domicile is FINALLY under
> construction it has come to my attention that we can at this time,
insulate
> said Triumph repository - Now here in San Diego the weather only gets
> "extreme" a couple of times a year. Possibly one month in the summer it
> gets hot (above or near 100) and in the winter it may dip down to just
> below freezing for a week or so. Most of the time it's somewhere around
> the 70's. Would it seem worth it from those whom have BTDT to insulate
the
> "garage" as it were.
Yes.
> This structure will be detached from the house, set
> back about 28 feet, and will not be air conditioned or heated - the
> additional cost to insulate would be around $900
Do it yourself.
Have the place built as open studs.
Wire the place with a zillion outlets four feet from the floor and a zillion
socket/outlets in the ceiling. They are cheap, and you can use them any way
you want later.
Buy fiberglass insulation and staple it up to walls and between joists.
Get a couple of rolls of heavy clear plastic (it is easier to see what you
are doing) and staple it all over the walls and ceiling.
Rent a drywall lift for about 25 bucks.
Buy sheetrock or hardboard and cover walls and ceiling.
(I did the whole ceiling in my shop by myself in one day using a lift).
I daresay you will get a better job and it will all cost much less than 900
bucks.
I don't like to climb ladders outside and sure don't like walking on roofs,
so I paid the contractor to do the expansion and outside finishing. But the
wiring, insulation and inside wall work was easy.
Once you have it, you will see there is only one downside: All the junk you
used to store in the interstud spaces and over the joists!
The shop will be much quieter, and temperature extremes will be smoothed
out. At my place, in the summer, the insulated shop is often MUCH cooler
than the uninsulated garage.
Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1970 Lotus Europa 65/2597, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 TR4 CT2846L
pethier@isd.net http://www.mnautox.com/ http://www.lotusowners.com
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