Message from discussion insulating steel garage door - two options

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Reply-To: "Rich" <r...@garagedoorsupply.com>
From: "Rich" <garagedo...@verizon.net>
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Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 02:49:52 GMT
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Why don't you just use what is supposed to be on a garage door?
http://www.garagedoorsupply.com/insulation.html



<sbla...@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> 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?
>