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Old 05-17-2022, 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by bobeaston View Post
1. The garage door insulation (radiant barrier reflective foil) virtually stopped the pizza oven effect of sun on dark brown heating. That alone kept the garage from heating up beyond outside air temp. BTW, I kept a set of measurements of surface tempos before and after and could show inside surface temps up to 145 degrees. No longer.
I have a black south facing garage door and it also measured 145 degrees (!) I don't have numbers after insulating....but it's much cooler. Still gets hot as hell in the garage though but not quite as hot.

Joe