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Originally Posted by GpaVader
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.
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2 car 1 golf cart garage faces southwest.
Installed 2 garage door vents on opposite ends (one low and one high).
Insulated doors with 2 layers of reflectix.
Insulated roof rafters over garage with reflectix.
Have two attic access doors. Made and installed a screen on the smallest one.
Installed a gable vent fan.
Main concerns are radiant heat and air circulation.
Goal is to be within 5 degrees of outside ambient air temperature without using a/c or mini split.