[Altavia]

Originally Posted by DangeloInspections

First, what direction does your garage face? Unless it is north, you may benefit from insulating your garage DOOR. You say you have windows on your garage door, you can add tint to them to lower the UV rays, and insulating the garage door will stop the RADIANT heat from the door from raising the garage temperature.

We typically do not recommend insulating ABOVE the garage unless you are adding A/C to the garage. Heat rises and when you insulate the garage ceiling you are also holding in the heat that comes from hot engines, etc. That being said, some folks swear that after doing so it has helped. Hard to say...it is dependent perhaps on shingle color and how hot your attic gets, which is another topic.

Some folks do add a garage ceiling fan that sucks the warm garage air into the attic. This MAY compromise the fire break dependant on model, but that too is another subject. When you do this you will need make up air, meaning an air intake.

Basically, the first step most often is just insulating the garage door. Many folks say that in itself will lower the garage temp about 10-15 degrees.

Hope that helps! Frank D.

What do you think of this option that has a fire stop? Could it meet code?

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