Air Conditioned Garage... Why Did I Wait So Long?

[parallel]

I air conditioned my garage tonight by installing a 5" ID x 2" thick latching garage door exhaust port in my insulated garage door and then running the exhaust vent for our old portable air conditioner out the port. The whole house including the garage is insulated with sprayed in foam so even that little 8000 BTU air conditioner is keeping my 24' x 26' garage nice and cool. What remains to be seen is if I'm going to need to upgrade to a larger BTU unit come July and August here in the land of sweat, swat and swear... LOL.

 

[boatme99]

Nice set up....

 

[LVSteve]

That's neat. Maybe I should do something similar just to take the edge off in my garage during the summer.

 

[flundertaker]

I added a mini split to my garage that works great. Your set up is a cheaper way to do it but would be a PIA if you actually use the garage door. if not its a efficient way to get it done

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[coltle6920]

Cool (pun intended) setup as long as no one tries to open the door.

 

[parallel]

If I need to open the garage door I just do the same thing that mechanics shops do when they need to open the door, remove the hose. In my case I need to take the two pins that hold the exhaust hose in place out and then remove the hose. Takes all of 30 seconds.

 

[Krell1]

I live in a very dry, hot climate. Temps here in the summer remain in triple digits every day. I was thinking of using a portable swamp cooler in the garage with everything closed. I also though about the door insulation which would also help. Has anybody tried this? Now I can only work in the garage in the early morning before temps get too high.

 

[arjay]

It will definitely help.

 

[LouisianaJoe]

In 2009, we built a house in Luling, LA about 20 miles from New Orleans. I put an 8X12 insulated workshop in the back of the garage. I installed a dryer vent in the wall and connected a portable AC to it. I turn it on when I need to do stuff in the shop. it works in July too.

 

[LVSteve]

I live in a very dry, hot climate. Temps here in the summer remain in triple digits every day. I was thinking of using a portable swamp cooler in the garage with everything closed. I also though about the door insulation which would also help. Has anybody tried this? Now I can only work in the garage in the early morning before temps get too high.

Somebody tried that here in Vegas. I'm told his tools rusted almost immediately. Heat plus added moisture is not a good plan IMHO.

 

[sophie]

If I need to open the garage door I just do the same thing that mechanics shops do when they need to open the door, remove the hose.

I worked as a mechanic for 47 years and was never fortunate enough to have an air conditioner. We did have some fans to move the air when it got real hot in the summer.

 

[parallel]

I worked as a mechanic for 47 years and was never fortunate enough to have an air conditioner. We did have some fans to move the air when it got real hot in the summer.

LOL... I was talking about the mechanics who use the garage door exhaust vents for what they're made for. They put a tube over the exhaust pipe(s) of the vehicle they need to run in the shop and the other end goes out the garage door exhaust vent so the garage doesn't fill up with exhaust fumes. When they need to open the door they remove the hose (of course if they're done running the vehicle they would have already removed the hose)

 

[rwsmith]

Neat job...

Neat job. I've been seriously thinking about A/C for reloading, etc. Sometimes fans and an open garage door ain't enough in the southern latitudes.

 

[Krell1]

Somebody tried that here in Vegas. I'm told his tools rusted almost immediately. Heat plus added moisture is not a good plan IMHO.

Thanks, never thought of that. As it is, I have no problems from excess humidity anywhere in the house. Summer daytime humidity is usually only in the teens seldom getting a day when you can actually feel any excess moisture in the air.

 

[Salty RI]

I should get one for the dog house, seeing I spend so much time in there.

 

[mtgianni]

I Lived in a house with AC up til the early 70's. I liked it so little I changed climates permanently.

 

[tork'd]

Somebody tried that here in Vegas. I'm told his tools rusted almost immediately. Heat plus added moisture is not a good plan IMHO.

every drawer on my tool box has a piece of chalk in it.
learned that from grandpa.. i have some of his old tools and no rust.

 

[Rule3]

I have wanted to do that but I would have to foam or somehow insulate the garage door itself. It is metal. Faces directly South.

The outside wall faces East and is just block.

 

[islamoradamark]

i have a similar unit in mine and it works not cold but comfy and draws all that moisture out of all my valuable junk