My question falls on my shop space. It is currently an unused (unused by cars, used by me) 2 car garage, about 22x20. It was previously, about 5 years ago, rented out to some contractors who had some goofy set up in there. They used it year round so it has insulation in the walls and ceiling. The problem is that this insulation is now all falling down. And has been falling down for quite some time as they had some battens holding up some bits where it was sagging. The sagging is pretty much full on falling out in many places now. There is an attic floor layed down on the 2x6 joists and then 6 inch insulation stapled to the bottom side of the joists. So what i would really like to do is clean it up a bit so everything isnt falling down. What might be the best way going about this?
Things i have though of are putting more battens up where its sagging, but it seems i would have to space them every 6 inches or so to prevent further sagging.
Finish the ceiling with ply, rock, foam, something. Only problem is there are staples everywhere in the joists so nothing would lay flat unless the staples are all removed, which would make the insulation all fall down...would it be worth it to tear out the attic floor, pull out the insulation, put in a ceiling, roll the insulation back out, put the attic floor back down? Seems like a ton of work for me..
Try and re-staple the insulation back up? A lot of the backing is torn so this seems unlikely..
Could something like chicken wire be used to hold it all up?
Should I just leave it as-is and quit letting it bother me?
I'm not sure which direction to take here. I'd like to keep the insulation because i want to try to use the shop during the winter months. However I'm not sure i'll still be in this space in the next 5 years so I really don't want to throw a lot of money at it either. I also don't have the time 8 months out of the year to use the shop as much as i'd want to. Mostly just weekends if i'm lucky. So, what does the creek have to say?
Thanks,
Dustin
edit:
I should mention that the garage is completely unattached.