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Posted by Eigenvector on January 16, 2007, 9:12 pm
> Eigenvector wrote:
>> Is there anything to consider when insulating the walls of the garage?
>> The sources that I've seen seem to treat it like any other room of the
>> house, and I suppose it is really, but I'm considering potential pitfalls
>> like gas lines, shared walls with the interior of the house, insect
>> infestation and the like.
>
> On exterior walls, you probably want to add vapour barrier on the warm
> side of the insulation. Assuming you're in a cold location, if you really
> want to do it properly you can also add vapour barrier boxes around your
> electrical boxes, and then seal where the wires go through the boxes and
> seal the boxes to the vapour barrier itself.
>
>> Just because the wall you're insulating is shared by the interior of the
>> house, doesn't mean you need to treat it differently right? Does the
>> paper that hangs the insulation need to face the interior wall or does it
>> not really matter at all? Not all insulation has that paper, so it
>> shouldn't matter.
>
> The wall shared with the house should already be insulated, otherwise the
> house would be losing a lot of energy through that wall. If you want to
> put additional insulation on that wall, make sure you don't have any kind
> of vapour barrier.
Okay, I at least know that I'll be tackling the problem from the right side
of the wall. Actually none of the walls in my house are insulated, I'm
starting with the garage since a leaky chimney seal damaged most of it years
ago.
>
>> Does it need to be kept away from gas lines and high energy sources like
>> 40 A circuits?
>
> No.
>
>> What about where it butts up against the fireplace?
>
> That one I can't answer.
>
> Chris
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