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We have just been offered the opportunity to rent a lock up.

As I live in a terraced house building a garage isnt an option, the lockup is only half a street away so very handy.  We are planning to use it to store the adult's bikes, infrequently used gardening equipment, and all our camping equipment.  However, we were having a little wobble the other day as there is no power supply in the lockups and although they are water tight and look in good condition, are my tent and sleeping bags likely to get damp?  In previous years they have always been stored in the loft which benefits from a little heat from the house during the winter months

It is just such a hassle getting all the heavy stuff up and down from the loft, I really like the idea of having it all kept togther in a lock up making packing and unpacking so much quicker.  But obviously I don't want to damage my tent!

Does anyone else store their tent/sleeping bags in a garage/lock up that is never heated?

Thanks

Quote: Originally posted by 74giggles on 09/9/2011

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We store most of our stuff in the summer house with no heat and had very little problem, the sleeping bags and blankets stay in the house.

Something to bear in mind, hubby's garage at home has a tin roof and gets a lot of condensation, not ideal for storing anything unless it's in sealed crates. Our lock up where he stores one of the old cars has an asbestos roof and it doesn't suffer from the condensation.

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I can testify to asbestos roofs being better than steel for condensation, we used to have a vintage vehicle that suffered badly from condensation in a steel built barn, while had no problem in an asbestos version.

Quote: Originally posted by Speedcamp on 09/9/2011

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I can testify to asbestos roofs being better than steel for condensation, we used to have a vintage vehicle that suffered badly from condensation in a steel built barn, while had no problem in an asbestos version.

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Quote: Originally posted by mattyg on 09/9/2011

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how about storing our stuff in those sealable plastic bags which you can hoover the air out of. We've just bought extra large ones to store our trailer tent cabin canvas and awning in. ill then store then in the garage roof space.

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Indoors.  Have slung out some old stuff so I could make room for the two really good tents in cupboards in the house.  Other, smaller tents go in the loft and under the stairs.  We have a first-time-buyer house, with hardly any cupboard space, so it's a bit of a sacrifice, but I wouldn't like to store my tents in anything but optimum conditions.  I can't possibly afford to replace them, so it's worthwhile giving them pride of place.

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hmmmm, thanks for starting this thread.  I too was wondering where to store our tent. 

At the mo its in our garage with the rest of gear, but thinking now maybe to move it into cupboard under the stairs????

We are soon to site a tumble dryer in garage as well so am thinking the heat/condensation that may come from this not ideal if tent stored in same place over winter????