So you want to finish a garage wall.
Insulating a concrete garage wall.
The final job to get done to make the room warm and usable.
Place the 2 by 4 so that the wide side is flush against the wall essentially making each 2 by 4 a furring strip.
The wall on the other side of the garage is my project for next summer so i m looking at this as one step in my garage renovation.
Having done 4 of these now it is a good route to go.
It s really cold in the front hallway that shares a wall with the garage and the whole house feels cold.
Btw the cost calc is wrong at the end.
The second is to use a coated foam sheet like the ones manufactured by kingspan or celotex.
Even though the wall in between your concrete garage and your house is usually insulated as is the door it only keeps out the cold when the door is closed.
Place a board at each of the 4 foot markings one end touching the floor and the other touching the ceiling.
This is a very easy part of the project.
There are many advantages including.
Cut 2 by 4 lumber to the height of your concrete wall minus 1 1 2 inches for a header and footer.
Each time you open the door to go in and out of the cold garage the freezing air seeps into your home and the warm air from your home creeps in to the cold garage.
There are two main ways to insulate a concrete garage.
Do i start with the floor redo the concrete or do i need to seal up the top of the ceiling so the rain doesn t get in which is why i think the concrete floor gets.
By itself insulating one wall isn t going to make that much of a difference.
For example if you have a 7 foot wall you ll need 6 foot 10 1 2 inch long studs.