Insulating the garage door will help keep your workshop comfortable year round. Here’s what to know about the best types of insulation for the job, and how to get the project started.

The same is true for running a foil-faced insulation over the R-13. If you insist on installing the poly-encapsulated R-19 insulation, you must remove the existing R-13 insulation.

Need to know: Some types of insulation are relatively simple for a do-it-yourselfer to handle. Insulating blankets come as batts (precut pieces) or in rolls, and may have a paper or aluminum-foil ...

This is important because you don’t want to build a barrier that can become a condensation chamber--something that can happen with foil-faced insulation.

Fiber glass is the most popular insulation used in homes. It is widely available, inexpensive compared with other varieties and easy to install. Batts of insulation are simply short strips; standar… ...

Of the 141,000 homes fitted with non-foil insulation products that were targeted for safety inspections, 24 per cent - or 34,000 - did not comply with Australian Building Codes standards, the ...

Foil-faced batt insulation is common in this situation because it is permeable, which is important for homes without attics.