Message from discussion insulating steel garage door - two options

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From: "Joseph Meehan" <sligojoe_Spa...@hotmail.com>
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sbla...@gmail.com wrote:
> Went to the local home improvement store to investigate possible
> approaches to insulate my steel garage door. One option is a sort of
> buble wrap stuff with foil on both sides, that's supposed to be a very
> good reflective barrier. The other option is poly-foam of varying
> thickness.
>
> I live in southwest ohio, where dec-feb have mostly sub-freezing days,
> and the coldest days can get down to single digits or below zero... in
> summer, weeks of 90s are normal.
>
> My garage door is souther facing.
>
> My question is this: foil, foam, or some combination of the two? And,
> if you recommend a combination, which one against the steel door,
> which exposed to the open space of the garage?

    I agree with Rick.  Why do you want to insulate the door?  You are not 
going to suddenly make the garage a lot warmer.  While I do have insulated 
doors, and I would replace them with insulated doors, I also have insulated 
walls and the garage has heated areas on two sides and above.  It does not 
stay warm, but it is a little warmer than it would be otherwise.  But just 
doors will not do much.  If the garage is not attached to a heated area or 
does not have some form of heat itself, insulating the doors is going to do 
very very little.

-- 
Joseph Meehan

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