There’s a heatwave happening pretty much all over. Whether it is making your area a lovely crisp 65 when you’re used to colder this time of year or a balmy 80, winter it seems is ending a bit early this year. What better time then to think about your energy bill right? Prices on gas and natural gas continue to fall, but who knows how long that will last. If you also enjoy minimizing your carbon footprint there is no time like the present to think about lessening your energy usage by upping the role your garage door plays in keeping your home’s temperature constant. When it comes to your garage door there are really three things that can help to keep your home from using so much energy. There is the door itself, the insulation and the weather stripping or seal. The garage is a large room and in some cases may be the largest most open room i your home. This means that there is a large amount of air in the room and this can be used to create a pretty nice buffer zone actually to keep your home’s temperature relatively constant. Heat and cold both will move in and out of your home, especially through drafty areas in your home which is why minimizing them is a very good idea.

Last time we took a look at all of the things to think about when you are thinking about your noise reduction needs, in relation to your garage and of course garage doors. It is a surprisingly complex problem with a number of different possible solutions. From the natural noise reduction that wooden garage doors provide to the built in insulation used for metal garage doors like aluminum or steel ones there are a lot of different choices and it can often be dizzying. The good news is that if you take a look at that article the information is largely similar for when it comes to reducing the temperature exchange for your garage door. And that is exactly what we are going to do in this article. We will be looking at the relationship between the two effects of insulation and focusing mainly on insulating against the heat or cold moving through your garage door. One of the main reasons that many of us look at insulating our garage door is because of the amount of heat that may escape through our garage doors and the amount of cool air that may escape during the hotter months. Either way it seems that our garages just don’t do a good enough job compared to the other walls, windows and doors in our house, but that is where your garage door’s insulation comes into play. One of the main reasons for focusing on your garage’s temperature is because you have a room above your garage. If you have an occupied room above your garage they may complain about the heat or lack thereof because the garage is too hot or cold. In order to fix this you can further insult that room and its floor but you will most likely need to look at insulating your garage door more efficiently.