It's a metal building that I took the trouble to line with 1/2" foamboard insulation. It has one window AC unit in the overhead storage loft and two on the bottom. It's enough to make it colder than I usually keep the house at. I have a timer set on a smartplug to turn one AC on for an hour in the evening. That keeps the mold down.
Even though in MI, our summers can broil and being near a lake, humid too, I put in a mini split in the barn a year ago, wow! What used to be a sweltering barn is a nice cool and dry 76 this entire summer - Note the barn is 24 X 32 and the little unit (340 bucks on sale) self installed after spending another 100 or so on the vacuum tools from PRC, cools it and an attached 10 X 12 office just fine - worth every penny. Not hard to do - start scrimping for one.
Yep, metal barn here too but I got lucky and scored a trailer load of 2" pink foam board in 8 to 10 ft lengths plus white Styrofoam boards, all of which ended up on the walls and rafters, then lined walls on the inside with whatever 1/4 or 3/8 inch OSB or Plywood I could find cheap. The entire ceiling is lined with long 4 ft wide strips of metalized bubble pack about 3/8" thick stapled up then all seams aluminum taped. Amazing how big a difference that makes each season (we have 2 - summer and winter, spring and fall are too short to measure) ;-)
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It's a metal building that I took the trouble to line with 1/2" foamboard insulation. It has one window AC unit in the overhead storage loft and two on the bottom. It's enough to make it colder than I usually keep the house at. I have a timer set on a smartplug to turn one AC on for an hour in the evening. That keeps the mold down.
ReplyDeleteEven though in MI, our summers can broil and being near a lake, humid too, I put in a mini split in the barn a year ago, wow! What used to be a sweltering barn is a nice cool and dry 76 this entire summer - Note the barn is 24 X 32 and the little unit (340 bucks on sale) self installed after spending another 100 or so on the vacuum tools from PRC, cools it and an attached 10 X 12 office just fine - worth every penny. Not hard to do - start scrimping for one.
ReplyDeleteYep, metal barn here too but I got lucky and scored a trailer load of 2" pink foam board in 8 to 10 ft lengths plus white Styrofoam boards, all of which ended up on the walls and rafters, then lined walls on the inside with whatever 1/4 or 3/8 inch OSB or Plywood I could find cheap. The entire ceiling is lined with long 4 ft wide strips of metalized bubble pack about 3/8" thick stapled up then all seams aluminum taped. Amazing how big a difference that makes each season (we have 2 - summer and winter, spring and fall are too short to measure) ;-)
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