An unheated shell is the standard build. Everything here is about making the garage usable in January, insulation first, then the heater, in that order, because heat without insulation is money through the roof.
Batt insulation in walls and ceiling, 6 mil vapour barrier, half-inch drywall hung. R-12 in standard walls, upgradeable to higher R-values.
Insulation is the difference between a heater that cycles a few times an hour and one that runs all day. The vapour barrier keeps the moisture from a warm garage out of the wall cavity, where it would condense against cold sheathing.
The finish coat on the drywall package: taped, mudded, sanded, primed and painted in your colour.
Wall- or ceiling-mounted, on a wall thermostat. For the workshop, the gym, or just a warm car on a cold morning. The units we install are Reznor, Beacon Morris and Mr. Heater.
Gas costs less to run and heats a big space fast; electric skips the gas line and venting. Which one wins depends on whether the lot already has gas at the garage, that is a site-visit question.
A pad upgrade, and the one to add if the garage may ever be heated.
Heat a slab with no barrier under it and ground moisture migrates up through the concrete indefinitely. The sheet goes in before the pour, so it is decided at the pad stage even when the heater comes years later.
Questions about heat & insulation? Bring them to the consultation — we answer them against your lot, not in the abstract.
It depends on insulation more than on the heater. An insulated garage held at working temperature through a Calgary winter costs a fraction of an uninsulated one, because the heater cycles instead of running. We size both at the consult based on how you plan to use the space.
Yes. Two things are worth deciding during construction. The vapour barrier under the slab is an upgrade and has to go in before the pour. The insulation package matters too, because insulating finished walls later means opening them up.
Pick what looks right, and we will price the whole build against your lot — in writing.
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