Totally off topic question about Insulation

[polishinginc]

I bet they want an arm and a leg for that stuff.


I used the good ole fiberglass insulation for my walls in my polishing shop. I can turn my radio up full blast and if your outside of the shop you cant hear it. It stays pretty warm in there with a little space heater. I think I may AC my shop in the summer since I dont think i'm loosing any air thru cracks or poor insulation. I still need to do the same to my roof, I dont have any insulation up there yet.

No in my conjoning car shop, I can put the radio in there on full blast and you can hear it 500 feet away from outside the shop with all doors and windows closed Its also freakin cold in there since I only have it insulated on the car shop to polishing shop wall.

[mildman61755]

Back in the 70's they used to spray the outside of domes with urethane foam. They had to paint it because of ultra violet rays would deteriorate it. I also read about using inside on a freezer storage building that cut their cooling bills way down. Don't know if it still available. Hope this helps.

[mildman61755]

Back in the 70's they used to spray the outside of domes with urethane foam. They had to paint it because of ultra violet rays would deteriorate it. I also read about using inside on a freezer storage building that cut their cooling bills way down. Don't know if it still available. Hope this helps.

[tomg552001]

I may just go with the fiberglass stuff or some sort with an adhesive backing. I have one of those prefab arch type buildings with straight walls, but its corregated and not flat persay....i'll figure something out. I to also want to AC mine in the summer...polishing and coating is bad enough, but doing it when its 100 degrees in the room is horrid!

[polishinginc]

Do you have a shop kinda like this? Or is it one of those that look like an upside down U. I'm going to encase the walls with the fiberglass insulation with wood walls. And for the celieng chicken fence wire should hold the insulation up there just fine. Then a nice ac/heater goes in with some ducting. I'll have to do some kind of tripple filter for the duct that goes into the polishing shop. I dont want the dust getting into the ac/heat unit.

This pic is from way back in June.

[tomg552001]

It's the same shape, but different. Its a arch type building from U.S. Buildings. It has a peaked roof like yours with a max height of 13ft, and 8ft walls. The walls and shaped differently which is what makes it harder to insulate. Here is a pic of the building sitting in my front yard on a pallet. As you can see, the shape of the panels is funky.

http://www.trgperformance.com/misc/b.../building1.JPG

[polishinginc]

I was going to get a pre fab shop like that. But I came up with the same problems as you have and went with my shop from above since its pretty simple to put in the insulation and walls.

Maybe you can adhear the paper back side of the insulation to the walls of the shop. Thats gonna be a pita though.

[tomg552001]

Well, i got a price i couldnt refuse for the building. I'm thinking maybe filling the panelw ith fiberglass, than using the reflective thermal barrier stuff over top of that. I'm just going to have to find one hell of a contact glue that will last for years. I still have a bunch of ideas up in the air as to what i plan on doing.

[polishinginc]

If you dont mind me asking, how much did you pay for it?

I spent just under 4500 to build my entire shop. "might end up to 5 grand when done with insulating the car shop and the celings"

1 grand went into the foundation
1 grand went into the steel car shop frame and exteroir sheet metal.
1 grand went into wood, insulation, screws, paint, weather stripping, sealant, tar, silicone, and other little things that I cant remember.
400 went into everthing for the electrical work, breaker box, breakers, wire's, and 200 feet of under ground wire's leading to my shop.
400 went towards a good air compressor.
Then 700 more to outfit my polishing shop with all of the nessicary equiptment.

I'll put in another 500 or so for insulating my car shop and the celing of the car and polishing shop.

[tomg552001]

The building alone cost me $2200 delivered. It's a 25ft wide by 26ft long building with 8ft walls and 13 ft peak. It has a 45 lbs per sq ft snow load and will withstand a 90 mph wind. The end walls will be framed out myself and i can add arches at any time to make the builing longer. I live in the mountains of northern new jersey, so we need the snow load badly, and we also need 36 inch footings since the building is over 500sq ft. This spring the building will go up and i guess i am just thinking to the future with the insulation. It's going to cost a pretty penny for the footings and floor (about 25 yards or so) but it brings the value of the house up greatly, especially in this area. I also have some good friends who do masonry stuff, and are electricians so i can hopefully save a few dollars here and there. I too want to AC my shop, especially for the summers up here, but that's not my main concern right now.