Most schist contains the mineral mica and is called mica schist. Schist is often used as a guide to measure specific sizes and dimensions of objects. Before the 18th century, schist, shale, and slate were used interchangeably to describe the same rock.chist Rock Facts. Schist is a metamorphic rock that contains flakes of mica. Schist can originate as a sedimentary rock or igneous rock. It can contain different miners. Interesting Schist Rock Facts:
1 Insulating the garage overhead door is another way of cooling the garage in the summer and keeping the space warmer in the winter. 2  For an uninsulated metal door add a two-inch thick layer of rigid insulation attached to the inside of each panel with contact cement.
Depending on the size of your garage, insulating the walls with batts of R-13 will typically run you about $400, the ceiling $600, and the garage door will cost about $600 if you do it right (See image to the left). You can use the pink Styrofoam stuff from Home Depot, but that will only insulate your door to about R-6.