Master Bedroom above Garage with Balcony very cold

Ethanr · Jul 15, 2020 9:53 am

Hi,

We moved into our new home and found that our master bedroom is very very cold.
The bedroom is just above garage. As per my builder there is no insulation between ground floor first floor. The balcony doors are pretty standard. The floor and room is cold always.

I am happy to spend little bit money to get the room more warm. But not sure what's the best way to do to keep the room bit warm.
Any suggestions will be of great help.

Above garage
Insulation R2.5 walls.
Vinyl flooring
Has a balcony
Facing south or south west(no sunlight)

Thanks.

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KameGame · Jul 15, 2020 10:49 am

South facing rooms do not get any Sunlight and are cool. There's not much you could do post construction now. Suggest , getting a split system installed for the room, get thick curtains installed, add some rugs to keep the room losing the heat.

Dean11 · Jul 16, 2020 10:13 pm

Take the Gyprock ceiling off in the garage and install insulation in the cavity. Learn how to plaster gyprock and resheet it yourself to save your money.

Ethanr · Jul 16, 2020 10:22 pm

Dean11

Take the Gyprock ceiling off in the garage and install insulation in the cavity. Learn how to plaster gyprock and resheet it yourself to save your money.

Thanks

Ethanr · Jul 16, 2020 10:22 pm

KameGame

South facing rooms do not get any Sunlight and are cool. There's not much you could do post construction now. Suggest , getting a split system installed for the room, get thick curtains installed, add some rugs to keep the room losing the heat.

Thanks

alexp79 · Jul 17, 2020 3:10 am

Is your door double glazed? Floor to wall single glazed aluminium doors will be definitely drawing a lot of cold inside. Significantly more than your floor as cold air goes down and hot air goes up. Do you have a proper ceiling insulation above your bedroom?

bestspecials · Jul 17, 2020 1:46 pm

I know that our garage is quite cold because there is a gap around the garage door when the wind comes in. Have a look at putting some expanding foam into the gap and this would make the garage warmer and less cold air coming through your bedroom floor.

Ethanr · Jul 17, 2020 1:57 pm

bestspecials

I know that our garage is quite cold because there is a gap around the garage door when the wind comes in. Have a look at putting some expanding foam into the gap and this would make the garage warmer and less cold air coming through your bedroom floor.

Thanks. I have now put embaseals on garage sides which is stopping the wind a lot. Also placed some polystyrene on doors.

I think now that I sorted garage. The cold air is coming through balcony glass doors. I am thinking of speaking to by builder about commercial grade glass.

alexp79 · Jul 17, 2020 5:33 pm

Ethanr

bestspecials

I know that our garage is quite cold because there is a gap around the garage door when the wind comes in. Have a look at putting some expanding foam into the gap and this would make the garage warmer and less cold air coming through your bedroom floor.

Thanks. I have now put embaseals on garage sides which is stopping the wind a lot. Also placed some polystyrene on doors.

I think now that I sorted garage. The cold air is coming through balcony glass doors. I am thinking of speaking to by builder about commercial grade glass.

You better go for double glazing, it is not only the glass but also frame and sealing around it.

Stewie D · Jul 23, 2020 11:22 am

Get some decent insulation into your floor joists of the bedroom. That way it doesn't matter how cold your garage gets - door open /door closed, your bedroom should be noticeably warmer. What's in the ceiling of your bedroom?

Stewie

Ethanr · Jul 23, 2020 11:25 am

Stewie D

Get some decent insulation into your floor joists of the bedroom. That way it doesn't matter how cold your garage gets - door open /door closed, your bedroom should be noticeably warmer. What's in the ceiling of your bedroom?

Stewie

When you say insulation are you referring Rug or Carpet?. Ceiling of bedroom is roof with insulation.

Stewie D · Jul 24, 2020 8:58 am

No, insulation is batts or similar installed between the floor joists.

Stewie

Ethanr · Jul 24, 2020 9:35 am

Stewie D

No, insulation is batts or similar installed between the floor joists.

Stewie

No, as per builder there is no insulation batts above garage and the bedroom flooring. Builder said its not mandatory. I would prefer to put insulation but not sure how much it would cost and builder is not supporting it. His view is put rug and curtains and air conditioning.

Stewie D · Jul 24, 2020 12:09 pm

Ha, of course he'd say that. By far the easiest and probably most cost effective solution would be to install R2.5 - 3.0 batts between the floor joists. Of course the sensible thing to do as well would be to install a plasterboard ceiling in the garage after you install the batts. Both easy to do post-build.

Stewie