Looking for garage insulation & finishing in Rosemount, MN? MN Tree Pros has been serving Rosemount and the surrounding Twin Cities metro since 2008. We're licensed, insured, and locally owned — and we actually pick up the phone.
## Garage insulation and finishing An uninsulated Minnesota garage sits near outdoor temperature all winter, which means a cold floor over the room above it, a cold wall against the house, and a space you cannot use from November to April. Insulating and finishing it is one of the cheapest ways to add usable space to a house. ### What we do - **Wall insulation** — R-13 to R-21 in 2x4 or 2x6 walls, with a proper vapor retarder - **Ceiling insulation** — R-38 to R-49, especially critical when there is living space above - **Overhead door insulation** — the biggest single hole in the room, and the one most people skip - **Air sealing** — rim joist, top plates, the service door, and the door to the house - **Drywall and finish** — fire-rated drywall on the house-common wall and ceiling, taped and painted - **Heat** — mini-split, gas unit heater, or in-floor, coordinated with a licensed trade - **Lighting and outlets** — coordinated with a licensed electrician ### The overhead door problem You can insulate every wall to R-21 and still have a cold garage, because a standard uninsulated steel overhead door is about R-2 and takes up an entire wall. An insulated door (R-12 to R-18) plus new perimeter weatherstripping and a good bottom seal usually makes more difference than anything else in the room. ### Planning ranges (Twin Cities, estimates) | Work | Typical range | |---|---| | Two-car garage, insulate walls and ceiling | $2,500 – $5,000 | | Insulation plus drywall, taped and painted | $5,500 – $11,000 | | Overhead door weatherstrip and seal | $200 – $600 | | Insulated overhead door replacement | $1,400 – $3,500 | | Mini-split heat and AC | $3,500 – $6,500 | | Gas unit heater (licensed sub) | $2,000 – $4,500 | | Epoxy floor coating | $2,000 – $5,000 | Estimates for planning. ### What it costs to heat one A well-insulated, air-sealed two-car garage held at 50°F through a Twin Cities winter generally runs somewhere in the range of $25 to $60 a month with a mini-split. Uninsulated, the same target is effectively unreachable — you are heating the outdoors. ### Code note The wall and ceiling between an attached garage and the house is a required fire separation: minimum 1/2 inch drywall, and 5/8 inch Type X where there is living space above. We build that correctly, and it is inspected.
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