Garage Door Insulation Service
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With the coming of
summer, your garage will get hotter. Because of this fact, the room
above your garage will be more difficult to keep cool. Save
energy and money immediately by INSULATING the "Largest Door in your
Home."
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Consider a garage door a wall in
your home. The typical 2-car garage door has a surface area of
about 110 sq. ft. That's about the size of an outside facing
bedroom wall. The difference is the bedroom wall is insulated,
but the garage door is not. The bedroom is protected from the
heat and cold. An uninsulated garage door provides very
little protection from the heat of summer or the cold of winter.
If you are experiencing a hot bonus room above your garage, it most
likely because of the garage below. Specifically the garage door.
Because of the lack of insulation, the heat from the
garage will be transfered to the cooler environment (Thermodynamics
101). The additional energy required to keep the rooms comfortable is
wasted when the garage door is not insulated. In winter, the
opposite effect is felt...wasted energy trying to keep the rooms above
the garage warmer.
After we insulate your garage door, you can turn this large room into
something more useful than just storing cars (if you are lucky enough
to park your cars inside). We have found that many clients, after
our insulation service, are able to use the garage as a: workout room,
workshop, a place to keep pets, and even an alternate place for
children to play. All this is possible
because the garage is now an insulated room. Some clients have
added heaters to create a gathering room for winter parties.
My Comfy Garage Door Insulation Service consists of two major components:
- Inspection
of the door frame for cracks, leaks or other opportunities for adverse
air flow. We seal the cracks with high quality caulk and other
barrier materials.
- The most important element
is
the application of cut-to-fit insulation sheets to each door panel.
Our insulation material is a lightweight, high efficiency,
comercial grade product that is renowned for its ability to manage heat
(and cold). What you see when the work is done is a renewed
surface consisting of white polyethylene. Behind that "clean"
surface is 99.5% pure aluminum foil that refects 97% of the radiant
energy hitting the door (from both sides). A double layer of
bubble
insulation between the white polyethylene and the foil creates a
convention barrier.
Unlike other insulation solutions,
the additional weight of our product does not adversely burden your
garage door springs. For a typical 2-car garage door, the
additional weight is about 6.8 lbs.
Soundproofing from outside noise and a reduction in operational noice are additional benefits of our service.
In the photo below, the inside of the door shows the finished product.
A "clean" look is a derivative benefit of the material we use.
Wall Painting
The walls of your garage take a beating from
every day life. When it's time to brighten up your garage and
make it match you home's decor, call on us to have this room
professionally painted.
Choose your colors. We will buy the paint and do this work for you.
The end result is a garage that is cleaner and much better
looking.
Cleaning and Organizing
Let My Comfy Garage
take the drudgery out of cleaning the biggest room in the home: the
garage. Rather than you investing your leisure time some Saturday
morning, we can provide you a broad range of cleaning and organization
services. Also, we know a once-cleaned garage will
not stay that way indefinitely. We offer quarterly services that
will take the guess work out of when will the garage be spruced up.
Get rid of cobwebs, the Mud Daubber nests and other debris that adorns
your garage. We will even haul away the junk/stuff you have!
Door Seals and Thresholds
Take
a look at the door
that leads from your garage to your home. If you look at the
bottom or
the sides, most likely you will find that the seals and threshold
(flexible rubbery material) are worn out. Maybe your cat has
shredded it. They simply fall apart over time. This is true for
other exterior opening doors especially the ones that experience a lot
of traffic.
We can address this problem for you by replacing
each seal and the threshold if necessary. This will help you in
keeping the home free of drafts and conserve energy in the process.
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