defiancecp
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My garage was getting 115 in ambient 110. It's seperate, so didn't have nearly the requirements home construction had. When I bought it, it was basically just frame, siding, roof, and garage door. No insulation, no walls, open attic rafters, no vents, etc. (and yet the old owners bought an insulated garage door - go figure).
I'm finishing up my update this weekend - full perforated soffits for bottom venting, dual 1000cfm solar exhaust fans near the top of the roof (one one each end), full atticfoil radiant barrier on the underside of the upper rafters, drywall walls and ceilings, r19 batts in all walls, and r49 blow-in insulation in the attic. I acutally just finished going through the entire structure ensuring a full solid seal at every window (only two), door (one), and all around the garage door. Next up, I've got a portable 12,000btu a/c+heat pump I'm going to set to maintain <90 summer, >40 winter. I figure that'll have it better insulated than most houses, so the system shouldn't have to work very hard at all to maintain those temps.
I'm finishing up my update this weekend - full perforated soffits for bottom venting, dual 1000cfm solar exhaust fans near the top of the roof (one one each end), full atticfoil radiant barrier on the underside of the upper rafters, drywall walls and ceilings, r19 batts in all walls, and r49 blow-in insulation in the attic. I acutally just finished going through the entire structure ensuring a full solid seal at every window (only two), door (one), and all around the garage door. Next up, I've got a portable 12,000btu a/c+heat pump I'm going to set to maintain <90 summer, >40 winter. I figure that'll have it better insulated than most houses, so the system shouldn't have to work very hard at all to maintain those temps.