{"id":71,"date":"2010-11-21T11:54:01","date_gmt":"2010-11-21T01:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.klaverstyn.com.au\/david\/blog\/?p=71"},"modified":"2026-05-11T10:21:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T00:21:15","slug":"insulating-the-garage-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klaverstyn.com.au\/david\/blog\/2010\/11\/insulating-the-garage-door\/","title":{"rendered":"Insulating the Garage Door"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Garage<\/a>

Garage Door Insulation<\/p><\/div>\n

I have my home office in the garage and my desk is right up against the garage door.\u00a0 Whats more is that the door faces west so you can image how how it has been lately and we have not even hit summer.<\/p>\n

What I’ve noticed is how heavy the door now is to open.\u00a0 We do not have an automatic door so we have to\u00a0lift it by hand.\u00a0 I wouldn’t have thought it would have made the door so heavy.<\/p>\n

When I was carrying the bag of insulation bats out of Bunnings I didn’t find it heavy but trying to lift the garage door while the bats are installed is a struggle.<\/p>\n

I paid $55 for the insulation bats which are rated R3.0, which means they are one of the thicker bats you can get.\u00a0 I deliberately got the thicker ones as I wanted to make sure the suns heat could not penetrate through the garage door.\u00a0 Typically standing a metre or so from the door feels like you are standing in front of an open oven cooking a roast.<\/p>\n

\"Garage<\/a>

Garage Door Rail Mount<\/p><\/div>\n

The insulation bats are made out of fibreglass and holding a single bat does not feel like any weight at all, but put it all together is another story.<\/p>\n

I’m now concerned that the bolts screwed to the roof that hold the garage door track up may not be strong enough to now support the weight of the garage door.\u00a0 I have images of it falling down on top of me.<\/p>\n

I’m sort of glad that I don’t have an automatic garage door otherwise I reckon the motor may burn out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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