INSULATION GARAGE DOOR Review

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(More customer reviews)This product is basically standard-issue fiberglass insulation glued to a vinyl cover, and supported to the garage door surface with some plastic discs. True, you could probably make all of this yourself for much cheaper, but for me it was the convenience factor. I needed something to keep the heat and cold out depending on the season. The thin, generic metal garage door wasn't doing that. The door faces the west so it gets beaten up with heat in the afternoon.
Installation? Cut it all to size, stick it on the door, and I'm done. Very simple. Did both doors in a few hours. The Owens Corning website has a very good video tutorial by the way. It doesn't add much weight - there's not much to it, so no problems with the openers working afterward. They did seem to run a second or two slower, but barely noticeable.
The results? The garage door surface inside was around 112 degrees in the afternoon without insulation. Ambient temperatures inside quickly rose to the 100 range as a result, when outside it was in the 80s. After insulation, the vinyl surface and indoor ambient measured around 92. Sure it won't do miracles, but I'd say it lives up to it's R-8 rating. Besides it's hard to do much with only 1.5" thick of insulation, and also part of my temp problem are the windows in other parts of the garage too - which isn't the insulation's fault. Noise levels dropped quite a bit too - more than I expected. Whole lot less street noise. Even my wife commented it was quieter. When the door rolls up there used to be a bit of clanging around from the door itself - that's gone too.
My garage doors were designed with a L shape in the center support bar, instead of the more common T shape. So the metal brace is attached to the door goes out, and makes a 90 turn in one direction instead of both directions. One side of panels only has 3 overhanging edges. And those edges are meant to keep the insulation against each panel on all 4 sides. Two clips hold the center of the insulation in. It wasn't a major problem for me though. There was enough support from the other 3 sides to keep it in place. Every so often it gets loose and I have to tuck it in a bit - no biggie.
Pros:
* Simple installation. Unless you cut wrong, there's not really much to mess up.
* Decent results both in noise and temperature.
* It's easily removable if you don't like it. The clips stick well with the adhesive, but they could probably be taken off with a little force. They don't need to hold much.
* Nice, clean white color brightens up the garage. Passed the aesthetics committee in our family.
Cons:
* Package contains only enough for 8 panels per door. Unfortunately, my 8' door (which it was recommended for) had 10 panels. So I had to buy 3 packages for my 2 doors - wasting the extra. I knew this before buying, so it wasn't a show-stopper, just an annoyance and extra cost.
* Cost is a bit high at $90 each including shipping. $70 would seem to be more reasonable. But it's a convenience thing - you pay more for that.
* Insulation will also keep the heat/cold from escaping out of the garage once the temperature outside gets more tolerable (i.e. daytime in winter, night in summer). You may still need to open the doors and air it out depending on how much heat/cold gets through the insulation/windows/vents/ceiling, etc...
* Special handling: It's fiberglass, so use the latex gloves or you'll itch like crazy.

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