> Part of my garage was going to be below grade so to make things easy, we
> did the whole 1st floor block.  Now I'm really regretting it due to high
> heating and cooling costs.  My original plans were to stucco the outside
> of the block.  It looks like 10 times the work and a lot more money to
> put 1/2" or 3/4" foam panels, then wire lath, then stucco.  Besides the
> obvious I'd have to tear out and redo 3 windows, one door, and do
> something up top were the stucco would now meet the vinyl soffit to
> allow room for the foam panels.  I know the foam panels aren't the best
> insulation, but it would triple or quadruple the current r-value of 8"
> block (about 1.11 r-value).

> My other choices of course include framing and insulation the inside of
> the block walls.  Or maybe the foam panels outside with something else
> besides stucco covering it?  I suppose it doesn't have to look as nice
> as I had hoped since only the front with 2 garage doors will really
> show.  With the garage doors covering most of the square footage of the
> front wall, I could still just stucco that part right over the block.
> What about not framing out the inside, gluing 1" foam on the inside and
> cover it with drywall.  But screwing drywall to block doesn't sound like
> fun?  What if the drywall was glued onto the foam panels which is also
> glued to the block, and just had a few screws to hold until the glue set
> up.  I'm picturing blue screws with fender washers, not a pretty sight,
> but it is just a garage/workshop.

> Open to all... well, MOST suggestions.