How well do you guys insulate your boiler shed walls and ceiling?
Mine will be R22 walls
Not sure about ceiling yet
Vented soffit and ridge
gg
Mine will be R22 walls
Not sure about ceiling yet
Vented soffit and ridge
gg
goosegunner said:How well do you guys insulate your boiler shed walls and ceiling?
Mine will be R22 walls
Not sure about ceiling yet
Vented soffit and ridge
gg
Hunderliggur said:I insulated with what fits: R-13 in the 2x4 walls and R-19 in the 2x8 ceiling (I have an attic with a floor). It is a shed after all and I am not living in there! No matter what you insulate, you should probably have some freeze protection electric in case you leave for a while or can't build a fire for a time for some reason. If the boiler is running it will be plenty warm. Remember, you are intentionally pulling lots of cold air into the building while it is running. Insulation doesn't matter much in that case.
sdrobertson said:I currently have R-19 fiberglass in the side walls and ceiling. Future plans are to add blown insulation in the walls and allot in the ceiling. I'm getting large ice-dams on the roof when I burn the boiler. I currently use a roof shovel after it snows before I fire up the boiler to try and prevent this as I don't want water backing up through my shingles. Its just like a house, more insulation in the building to keep the heat in the building. I would only be really worried about heat loss from the roof to prevent ice-dams as that is really hard on roofs. My boiler room will get into the high 80's when I really have the boiler burning hard, that's allot of temp difference from the outside air.
Hunderliggur said:I split my shed into two parts - 6x12 boiler room and 10x12 wood room. Your wood won't mind getting cold so I would not worry about an insulated garage door. I have a 3 foot entry door from the outside into the boiler room, a 3 foot door into the wood area from the boiler, and an 8 foot outside opening (to be a door, now just a tarp). I also have a window in the boiler room and two windows on opposite sides in the wood room.
BHetrick10 said:This might be a little off topic but, are these building you guys are talking about housing an indoor boiler outside? If so sounds interesting. You could get a proven boiler at a great price, spend some money on a building and be able to leave in the winter and not worry about things freezing.
If this is what you guys are doing I have some more questions.......
BHetrick10 said:This might be a little off topic but, are these building you guys are talking about housing an indoor boiler outside? If so sounds interesting. You could get a proven boiler at a great price, spend some money on a building and be able to leave in the winter and not worry about things freezing.
If this is what you guys are doing I have some more questions.......
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