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I have a 18' X 12' building in my back yard. I'm contemplating whether or not I should put insulation in. Right now there is no wall paneling up or cieling paneling. Would it be wise to insulate the walls only, or both the walls and the cieling? Or should I insulate at all? I just finished putting electricity and lights in it. I live in east Tennessee, so it gets about 88-95 degrees in the summer, and down to about 0-15 degrees in the winter. Any opinions?

Insulation is inexpensive, and you don't need much for that size building. You may as well do it while you're thinking about it. And, yes...do the ceiling too. You may as well skip the walls if you're not gonna do the ceiling as well.

i've always been told that if you're gonna do insulate it, do it all....doing the walls and not the ceiling is silly since heat rises....so you'd notice a difference but it would not be signifigant enough for all the work you went through.

just my 2 cents, spend it wisely

This might seem like a stupid question, but why exactly are we going to insulate the shed? If you're planning on garaging it over winter, which I would assume lasts at least 2 months, then during that time no matter how much insulation you put in you're going to start losing heat. In fact I don't think a building that big will stay warm overnight. My garage certainly doesn't.

Now if you're planning on heating it over winter, then I'd say go for it.

If you plan on hanging out in there and working on your bike or doing anyting else i would say insultate it all. In the winter if you put a space heater in there to hang out and work on your bike or anything else the insulation will help. if u dont plan on doing anything in there for any period of time, screw the insultation.

Thanks for the info. I plan on being in there a little bit, my freezer is in there, as well as all my tools and Christmas stuff that the wife will want to get out in a few months.

Newrider42 wrote:Thanks for the info. I plan on being in there a little bit, my freezer is in there, as well as all my tools and Christmas stuff that the wife will want to get out in a few months.

More reasons for you to insulate. You want to maintain a fairly average temp year round to eliminate moisture and condensation on those tools and other storable stuff. It'll also provide less strain on the fridge in those extremely hot days. I recommend putting an exhaust fan or at least a vent on each side of the building also.

It has one small vent on each side of the building and a window. Thanks