Most of us don’t think much about garage insulation in Lehi. We think about our home’s insulation—how much in the attic, how much and what kind in the exterior walls. We even think about whether we need insulation to soundproof our interior walls and the floors between levels. But the garage? We put cars and trucks, lawnmowers, motorcycles and bicycles in garages, and those vehicles don’t need insulation, surely?

Garage Insulation in Lehi

The surprising fact about garage insulation in Lehi is that it can be a real energy and money saver. Most garages are connected in some way to the main house. What that means for energy and heating and cooling is that the air that comes in your house when you open the door between the two is either already hot or cold, so you are effectively going to be ushering in air that will affect the temperature in your home, not just in your garage.

If the garage is the same temperature as the outside air, you don’t have any advantage in having a buffer zone between your home and the outside. In fact, poorly insulated garages are often hotter than the outside air in the summer and colder in the winter. Why? Because air can freely enter, but then it gets trapped. In the summer, that turns your garage into an oven, and in the winter, the lack of natural light means that the air stays cold.

This buffer zone of super-heated or super-cooled air makes the insulation in your interior walls less effective.

If, instead, you properly insulate your garage, you have two advantages. First, the air that enters your home through your garage is more temperate and requires less conditioning. And second, the buffer zone between the outside and your home is less prone to extremes.

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