Garage door insulation

(I’m assuming you bought foamboard insulation for it)

If the insulation was foamboard, I would assume you could tack it in with some liquid nails adhesive. I wouldn’t think you’d need a lot, maybe four dabs- one in each corner, maybe one in the middle. It would take the “duct tape” look away from the inside, too. They make all kinds of liquid nails for different applications, make sure and not just buy one or it may not hold. Read the tube and make sure you have the right one.

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I used construction adhesive and it held for over 10 years. It was still holding when I replaced the door with an insulated one.

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The foam board insulation on insulated from the factory doors is held on with adhesive.

-- Joe

There is a “foam board” adhesive out there. Try the “big boxes”.
That’s what I used. Next time I will just get them foam sprayed to combat moisture.

Bob

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I insulated my doors about 4 years ago. I used the blue foam board and doubled its thickness. I cut it on my table saw so it was nice and straight. Since my door has “flanges” or “rolled edges” on the top and bottom of each section, I cut each piece to the exact width but made it about 3/8” taller from top to bottom. I then flexed the piece as I was putting it in and they snapped into place. No adhesive was needed. Like I said, this was done 4 years ago and they are as tight today as they were the day I installed them. I helped my neighbor do his doors as well. It also keeps the shop/garage cooler in the summer when the sun is beating down on the doors. Good luck.

-- NorthWoodsMan

Several years ago I insulated my 16’ garage door for my shop. The door is supposed to be an insulated door but I think that just means you can’t see through it. Anyway, I bought 4-4×8 sheets of 2” pink foam and cut them to fit the height of the door space. I fastened them to the garage door with thin battens and sheetrock screws into the metal frame. Then I hung a sheet of plastic over the all and let it run down on the floor. At the bottom I laid a couple of 2×4s to keep the plastic tight to the door.

A little air does seep in around the sides but it isn’t much. My heater needs a bit of fresh air anyway. the shop is certainly warmer and the heater doesn’t run nearly as much as before.

The first spring after putting the foam up, I took it down again so I could open the door. The next year I didn’t get around to doing that and found it stayed much cooler in the garage with the faom there so I haven’t removed it again. Fortunately my wife is very accomodating about the shop. She says, “we have a driveway for the cars. There’s too much expensive cast iron in the shop to bring wet and salty cars in anyhow.”

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Well, sounds like my first mistake was buying the wrong kind of insulation. That’s okay though, I have a wall I need to do too, guess I’ll go buy the foam stuff. Thanks for all the responses, I think I will try NorthWoodsman’s advise and try to do it without adhesive, sounds easiest. Thanks again everyone.

-- robbi

I needed to do the same thing to mine. I went to Lowe’s and purchased 1” rigid foam board cut to fit and just slipped it into place.
The garage is so much cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter…cost was about 20 bucks, well worth it. Although I used a straight edge and knife to cut it…those pesky little foam floaters coming from the TS was not somthing I wanted to deal with.
Good luck to you!

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One thing also that I did to mine was to glue on a dry erase board for jotting notes, etc. No sense in wasting good wall space right? Another plus is that the dry erase board is steel…so magnets stick to it real well! Now there’s a secure place to post my plans too!

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Hi Robbi,

I bought 2” foil faced expanded foam from a big box store. Ripped it down with the table saw and used caulking to adhere it. Used blue painters tape as clamps till it dried. It made a bid difference in the winter. Good Luck.
John

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