Do I insulate garage ceiling?

Zoenco

Hi,

Our house has the garage underneath the living room and it appears the floor is just solid concrete. There’s no central heating in this room so the only heat is a wood burner. There is carpet on the floor but the floor is always very cold in there.
I’d like to make it slightly warmer in there and am unsure of insulating the ceiling inside the garage would be worth doing. What is best to use? We only use the garage for storage and all of the garage walls except the one with the garage door are basement walls. The door is very draughty but I’m not sure if this would make a difference when it comes to the living room above 🤷🏼!♀️

Any advice would be appreciated

trailingspouse

This sounds exactly like out house - it's built on a slope, so the 'basement' is below ground level at the front of the house and above ground level at the back, where the garage door is.


I think you should probably do both - between our garage and our living room we have 'pink' (fireretardent) plaster board, then insulation, then the floorboards, then underlay then solid wood flooring. The living room was still cold - the biggest change came when we replaced the old garage door with one that fitted better, and insulated it. We also put a draught excluder strip on the bottom of the door in the kitchen that leads down to the basement. We've also tanked the 'underground' half of the garage, and have a dehumidifier - dampness makes everything feel cold.


The garage is now a perfectly pleasant space for our workshop - I even bought OH an electric 'wood-burner effect' stove for Christmas last year, which looks great and keeps him warm while he plays...

keith969

I have a garage on the ground floor with a bedroom above, switching from a metal up and over door to well-fitting wooden doors with draught excluder strips made a huge difference. The garage is relatively warm now, and hence the bedroom above.

Norman_Castle

The door is very draughty but I’m not sure if this would make a difference when it comes to the living room above

It would make a difference and should be very cheap to do. To keep the heat in the living room insulate the floor beneath the floor covering.

Alan2020

Yes , use fire proof insulation such as rockwool bats, these you can buy easily and no need to change door, just insulate back of door and fit seals everywhere there is a leak. You may need a controllable vents if there is damp after this