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Old 01-06-2022, 08:02 AM
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Originally Posted by GpaVader View Post
Greetings all! I so miss my basement, but I am making due using the garage for my hobby. I build plastic scale models and I do a fair amount of painting so I need to plan to address the humidity and moderate the temperature in the garage. Already looking into a split AC unit but it was also recommended that the garage door be insulated. I plan to do this myself, but the question I have is has anyone else done this and does it make that much of difference. The AC salesmen I talked to said it could lower the temperature in the garage by as much as 20*. Living in MN, I know just having your car in the garage during the winter can have that much affect. Just trying to do some fact checking and look for product recommendations.
We had our garage insulated, attic stairs installed, and the foam panels added to the garage door. Garage temp was just a few degress cooler than ambient. Only if you're going to have a split unit installed, I would have the garage door insulated.