Climate controlled storage

[Ghoste]

Yes, I know it is better, but how many of us actually have it?

[nvrbdn]

not me, just a plain ole garage. wonder if even with a plain ole garage it would help to have a fan removing air from the garage? would air circulation help, or would it just bring in more moisture? then i guess you would only want air movement and not fresh air pulled in also. like to hear these answers.

[maxwellwedge]

I've got heat and A/C. If I'm not working in there the heat is at 60 and the A/C is at 75-80....It keeps the humidity down. Humidity is the killer.

Fans and air circulation are never a bad thing. Use a dehumidifier in the summer if no A/C. Don't use in an un-heated garage (winter) or they freeze up and die fast.

[resq302]

my garage is under my ranch house and has the forced hot air duct work running through it for our daughters bed rooms upstairs from the garage.  So technically I do not have a climate controlled garage but I do get the radiating heat and central a/c going through it which keeps the garage a nice 62 degrees in the winter.  Plus the new thermal insulated garage doors really helped!

[maxwellwedge]

62 is a good working temp! 

[Fred]

Don't need it here.

[69 OUR/TEA]

When I built the addition on my house that is garage on the bottom and living space above,I put in radiant floor heat in the garage so the the living space would not be over a cold space  ,it is so efficient that I keep it at 67 degrees all winter.Since I had it up and running a few years ago now,I notice the batterys in the cars don't drain down,another good benefit.

[4cruzin]

I have heat but no A/C

[hemigeno]

Heat, A/C and dehumidifier... All three can run in one day's time around here

[vancamp]

bought my shop which is insulated off my neighbor who was interestingly enough a heat and air guy but the shop has neither

[A383Wing]

My 5 car detached garage has a furnace, but I only run it when I'm working out there....otherwise it's just a closed garage

Bryan

[chargerboy69]

I just have heat only.  It is a 70X45 with 30 foot ceilings.  I do not let it get below 35 in there, and will kick the heat up only when working.  Just to expensive.

[TK73]

Climate controlled garages are just a left-wing, lib, commie, nazi myth to keep stupid greedy PhD's in big money and restrict free market energy production...

[Troy]

I have heat but no A/C. Although, it's a white painted concrete block building so it doesn't really get super hot in the summer. I have a few large fans to keep the air moving (or I turn on the blower for the furnace).

Troy

[maxwellwedge]

bought my shop which is insulated off my neighbor who was interestingly enough a heat and air guy but the shop has neither

A Shoemaker has the worst shoes...

[chargermike]

have a heated shop. love it in the winter. makes it so easy to work on it. it gets very cold here in the winter

[bull]

The term "climate controlled" makes it sound much more sofisticated than it is but when our house was built the builder insulated and put sheet rock on the garage walls and I later insulated the attic above it with R25. Then I bought a portable radiant heater from Lowe's on sale about 2.5 years ago and it keeps it about 65-degrees all winter. Our summers are pretty much a joke around here lately so cooling it has not been an issue. Even here in the NW our garage stays very dry but I keep a thermometer with a humidity gauge on the wall so I can tell when it's a good time to paint or apply other coatings.

[elacruze]

I'm in South Florida so my entire existence is climate controlled.  

Seriously, temperature is not a problem but humidity is, if unused for long periods. When we go sailing, I'll have a dehumidifier and small heat pump in the garage to take out the humidity and any extreme (below freezing/over 95*)temperatures.

[Aero426]

Humidity is the killer.

Heat = not bad
Cold = not bad
Air movement = good
Humidity = BAD

[Ghoste]

Something I need to address then because we get more than our share of it where I live.