Is it Worth Insulating My Metal Garage?

Benefits of Insulating Your Metal Garage

While not every garage needs insulation, insulating yours offers many benefits, especially if it is attached to your home, heated or cooled, or has living space above it. Here are five key reasons it pays to insulate a steel garage.

A metal garage provides reliable protection for cars, trucks, and toys, helping them retain their functionality, beauty, and resale value through the years.

When you buy a metal garage, you have the option of insulating it, and you can do this at the time of the building’s construction or a later date through a retrofit job.

1. It Makes it More Comfortable

Something as simple as adding insulation converts a non-insulated garage into a functional year-round workspace. Steel building insulation also regulates temperatures, keeping them consistent while improving the building’s energy efficiency. Insulating your garage also helps prevent extreme temperatures inside that could otherwise harm cars and trucks. Extreme cold can hinder battery performance, potentially preventing a car or truck from starting. Extreme heat, meanwhile, can damage paint, upholstery, and rubber hoses and seals.

2. It Lowers Energy Expenses

If you’re currently heating or cooling your garage space with fans, space heaters or portable air conditioners, adding insulation can reduce your energy expenses. Properly installed insulation reduces heat transfer through your metal garage’s roof and walls, keeping temperatures inside consistent while reducing your reliance on artificial heating or cooling methods.

3. It Prevents Condensation

Insulation also helps prevent condensation, which can collect on cold surfaces and cause costly problems. Condensation can develop when the humidity levels inside a garage exceed 60%. Over time, condensation can also lead to mold or mildew, creating health risks, or cause rust or corrosion to develop, which can compromise structural integrity.

4. It Controls Noise

When you insulate your metal garage, you also help keep inside noise in and outside noise out. This helps create a more comfortable interior. It can also help you avoid complaints from family members, neighbors or your homeowner’s association if you use loud tools or equipment while inside.

5. It Enhances Functionality

Insulating your garage also expands your home’s usable square footage. By reducing noise and maintaining consistent temperatures, insulation can make a garage ideal for working out, watching TV, wood-working or otherwise utilizing as you like.

Now that you understand the many advantages that come with insulating a metal garage, you may have questions about the most effective or economical way to do it. Contact us for more about steel building insulation and the energy savings, noise control, and other benefits that come with it.