Garage Cooling Ideas???? - Page 2 - Lateral-g Forums

**GregWeld** · #11 09-02-2009, 08:46 AM

What's the problem? Just rip the sheetrock off -- and put some insulation in there!!! There's probably a lot of sheetrockers looking for work right now... so should be cheap to re-do it. LOL

Oh - and while you're at it - fire off the ol' chainsaw and put a window in there! And some A/C hanging out of it...

Now you got yourself a man room!!

ItDoRun · #12 09-02-2009, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by jy211

I was actually thinking of buying that bubble insulation and trying it. This is what I was gonna buy: http://www.carguygarage.com/gadoin.html
I'd like to put a window unit in the garage, but the garage has no windows....

Just the entrance door into the house and the garage door...

That's the same type I used (not the exact name brand). Like I said, I had to use three sheets per door section. You could still fry eggs with just one installed. Zero heat coming off of it now.

Call your local metal building supplier and get a price on a roll of it. It may be cheaper??? I had a roll left over from a building that was put up at my dad's business.

I actually just cut a hole in my wall and installed the window unit.

camaro2nv · #13 09-02-2009, 11:33 AM

I use a Porta Cool. Its a big swamp cooler on wheels. You hook a hose up to one end to get the water flowing. I love it, it makes a BIG difference.

jy211 · #14 09-02-2009, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by camaro2nv

I use a Porta Cool. Its a big swamp cooler on wheels. You hook a hose up to one end to get the water flowing. I love it, it makes a BIG difference.

I have one of those for my warehouse

, just to big to tote around...

**waynieZ** · #15 09-02-2009, 07:19 PM

My house has boxes that are made for A/C units in the walls . They look like window units but are made for through wall instalation. You could put them up high and not lose any wall space.

texas56 · #16 09-18-2009, 09:28 AM

We use a swamp cooler on one end(you can see it in the back ground of pic) and we use a big fan at the other. I agree, this 100 percent humitdy and 100 degree weather makes for a loooong day. And the worse ones are the ones when it is like this and you have been on grinder all day and your skin is covered with shavings and dirt

If you go with a swamp cooler, you can also throw frozen 2 liter jugs of water or sacks of ice in it and it makes a big difference in temps.

rixtrix1 · #17 09-24-2009, 10:52 PM

There's a lot of retrofitting of old heatpumps with one of the new super-efficient ones and you can probably pick one up for a song. When I got my new house unit, I asked about keeping the old one (over 20 years old)for the new garage. The dealer said just to let him know when I wanted one and he would sell me a 5 year old takeoff unit for $100. Said to pour a slab outside and duct it through the wall. Cheap heat and A/C.