Structure Metrics

A Contractor That Knew Better

A contractor built a new room above his garage and connected it to the second floor of the house over the mudroom. He sealed and insulated the knee walls and roof but left the top of the ceiling open so he could run some wiring before he closed it up. He also left the garage stairway open to bring more materials up and the floor un-insulated until he replaced the garage doors.

Obviously the heat loss was high around the new room doorway over the mud room and the garage was very drafty as the old doors and windows were very leaky. The air pouring out through the opening in the new room ceiling was pulling cold outside air in through the gaps in the doors and window in the garage and a little from the home.

One day he had some free time so he and his crew jumped back on the project and replaced the old garage doors with new insulated ones with good weather stripping, installed an insulated side door. That night after supper he replaced the old window with a new one. Read More