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Hello to all,
I am preparing to have a bonus space added over my existing, attached 3 car garage. I live in Texas, where heat is more of an issue than cold. The bonus space will be attached to the upper floor of the main house (it will tie into one wall). The added space will be a game room and home theater. When designing and building from scratch, what would be the best approach for insulating and temperature control for this space to make it as efficient and comfortable as possible?
Some of the details:
The ceiling of the garage is about 5 feet lower than the floor of the second story floor of the house, so there will be some room to play with if necessary. I was thinking that adding an exhaust fan in the garage was an easy first step. Then spraying closed cell foam to the floor joists and subfloor of the bonus room would work well combined with an abundance of insulated batting underneath it. I had also considered a radiant barrier foil application under the insulated batting and above the garage ceiling. The garage is currently drywalled, but I am willing to tear everything out and start over to get this right. I'd either create a new hvac zone for this space or have it run on it's own unit.
Thoughts? Ideas? What about the side walls and ceiling of the bonus space?
I am preparing to have a bonus space added over my existing, attached 3 car garage. I live in Texas, where heat is more of an issue than cold. The bonus space will be attached to the upper floor of the main house (it will tie into one wall). The added space will be a game room and home theater. When designing and building from scratch, what would be the best approach for insulating and temperature control for this space to make it as efficient and comfortable as possible?
Some of the details:
The ceiling of the garage is about 5 feet lower than the floor of the second story floor of the house, so there will be some room to play with if necessary. I was thinking that adding an exhaust fan in the garage was an easy first step. Then spraying closed cell foam to the floor joists and subfloor of the bonus room would work well combined with an abundance of insulated batting underneath it. I had also considered a radiant barrier foil application under the insulated batting and above the garage ceiling. The garage is currently drywalled, but I am willing to tear everything out and start over to get this right. I'd either create a new hvac zone for this space or have it run on it's own unit.
Thoughts? Ideas? What about the side walls and ceiling of the bonus space?