Insulating a Garage Door with the Owens Corning Garage Door Insulation Kit

Insulating your garage door is simple if you have a little knowledge of products that are available. Why should you insulate your garage door? The answer is truly quite simple. If your garage is attached to your home, insulating the garage can reduce your home heating bills and make the garage a more comfortable place to do things such as work on your car. Maybe you garage is not attached to your home. If not, insulating the garage door still has the benefit of providing you with a comfortable work environment.

You may be wondering about cost and time. How much does it cost to insulate my garage door? How long will it take to insulate my garage door? Both questions are reasonable and you may be quite amazed at the answers. The cost to insulate a garage door is right around $100. The time it takes to insulate a garage door, less than 2 hours.

So how can you insulate your garage door for around $100 in less than 2 hours? The leading insulation producer Owens Corning now makes a garage door insulation kit. The kit consists of fiberglass batts wrapped in vinyl and affixed with simple peel and stick tabs. The vinyl wrapper batts come in pre-cut lengths and could not be easier to install. One kit contains everything needed for a single car garage. What about a two car garage? Purchase two kits. The kits cost around $50 each.

Installation is as simple as cutting the batts to size for your application with a sharp razor blade, affixing the peel and stick tabs to your door, sliding the batts into the channels, and securing them with the clips provided. The entire project is a one person job and will take only a few hours. The insulation offers up a R-value of of R-8, which is much higher than using other insulation methods.

Now you may be thinking about replacing your garage door with a factory insulated door. This option may save you time as the install will be done by professionals. But the time saved simply does not justify the cost of a new insulated door which can run well over $1,000.

The Owens Corning Garage Door Insulation kits gives you everything you need in one package. Its simple install, low cost, and effective insulating values make it worthy of consideration for any homeowner looking to insulate their garage for winter.