Question:

I live in Florida and I need to store food products in my garage. I need to keep my garage cool as I plan on storing food products in my garage. I need to keep the temperature in the garage at a steady 78 degrees. Is it more feasible to run the cooling from my exisiting central air or to get an independent system for the garage? Will I need to sheetrock around the walls inside the garage and or to add insulation??? any help will be greatly appreciated…

Reply:

What you need is a dedicated system for your garage. It is no use trying to tap into your central system as you have differing needs in both areas and cannot hope to maintain temperatures at your desired set point in the garage.
Secondly you will also need to ensure you are insulated in the walls and the ceiling, just putting sheetrock around the walls will help but nowhere as well as fitting insulation in the cavity as well. You will save in running costs of the machine over time.
I know this is more money to install but if you do it right in the first place you will be alleviating future headaches and saving money in the long run.
Hope this helps