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AtomSmasher:

--- Quote from: ahofle on June 21, 2008, 07:32:44 pm ---Good deal.
Just curious, how did you get the sections in?  I had to score the middle of each section to 'bend' the piece to get it to go in.  Then I used the aluminum tape to keep it in place.  It would have been much cleaner to just have the pieces slide right in, but the stuff I got was not flexible at all. 

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I slide it in at a bit of an angle and slowly work it in.  It's a bit of a pain as it doesn't flex too much, but it does flex enough.  Eventually the pieces pop in and snugly fit into place.  This is the stuff I'm using (only in 1 1/2'' thick) long link

ahofle:
Ahh OK that stuff looks a bit different from what I used.  It was more of a fiber glass like material with thin metal foil on each side and would not flex at all. 
Let us know how it works out!

AtomSmasher:

--- Quote from: ahofle on June 22, 2008, 12:14:52 am ---Ahh OK that stuff looks a bit different from what I used.  It was more of a fiber glass like material with thin metal foil on each side and would not flex at all. 
Let us know how it works out!

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They didn't have anything like that at my Lowes, but I almost bought a couple rolls of aluminum type insulation and thinner sheets of the stuff I did get in order to double up with the best of both worlds, but it was a fair amount more expensive to get both, so I decided against it.

I finished installing the other two sheets today and will buy and install the last sheet tommorrow.  Since 3/4 of the panels are now installed, I'll hopefully see a significant improvement when I'm working in the garage tommorrow.

AtomSmasher:
Just thought I'd give an update.  I now have entire door insulated, and overall the install was quite easy.  I think I averaged around 45 minutes to an hour per sheet (with 4 sheets needed for the door), so the actual install time was pretty quick.  I think the heat is currently trapped in the garage, so I'll need to wait for it to cool off first before I can find out if it stays cool, so I can't comment yet on how well it works.  Also, I did a spring test the instruction manual for the door explained how to do, and it didn't add enough weight for me to need to adjust the springs, which made the install even easier then I thought it would be.

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