Room Above Garage Cold

You might use this room for anything from a bedroom to an office bathroom or storage space.

Room above garage cold.

Having a well insulating garage door is helpful in this regard. I have this product on my garage door already and it helped the temperature in the garage. To allow for access partially close the garage door as you get to those holes above the garage door tracks. Another approach you can you take is to make your garage warmer and thereby eliminate the problem of cold air passing through the ceiling.

A detached garage eliminates the risk of dangerous fumes coming into the house so you don t have to worry about making it super sealed. Why the room above your garage is always cold or hot it s november in atlanta and temperatures are dropping. It s really hot in the room all summer and it feels that way eight months out of the year. How to finish the job.

The other rooms in the house not above this garage are fine. The main bedroom in my house is above the garage. I ve been away from home so apologies for the late reply. If the room has wood laminate or another hard surface floor a thick area.

Would it help keep it cooler if i put a white reflective foam core insulation on the ceiling. Use a styrofoam plug and plug each hole after you fill it. And that bedroom above your garage the same one that was scorching hot all summer. Insulation levels for garage doors are measured by an r value or less commonly a u value.

The higher the r value the better the insulation. I was thinking of gluing and screwing in styrofoam insulation 1 inch thick on the ceiling of the garage. All you have to worry about is that it s the right. Does your home have a bonus room above the garage.

Hi thank you so much for the replies. Wall to wall carpeting is installed with a thick pad underneath which is another layer between feet and the cold garage. Here s what causes the problem.