fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
This is a live shot from my garage. You'll see lots of light around the main door, which allows ventilation. PS yes bikes everywhere.
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Levo-Lon
Guru
I have similar single skin garage.
The main cause of condensation on anything in there occurs after Opening the door.
Temp is quite stable and changes slowly if kept shut.
As said up thread give stuff a wipe over with a maintenance spray and dry bikes well before putting away after washing.
The main cause of condensation on anything in there occurs after Opening the door.
Temp is quite stable and changes slowly if kept shut.
As said up thread give stuff a wipe over with a maintenance spray and dry bikes well before putting away after washing.
Electric_Andy
Heavy Metal Fan
- Location
- Plymouth
This IMO is the best, easiest and most effective solution. About £130 to buy, but after that they are cheap to run. Drier air heats up faster the drier it gets. There's no heating element in a dehumidifer but as the garage dries out, it does get warmer because the fan motor gives off heat like any other motor. I had a garage the same as yours, but had been left damp and unloved for years, there were quite a few gaps. My dehumidifier would extract 2 litres of water in 8 hours. It's amazing how dry it got even in winter.
Long story short, I kept a Honda CBF125 in there over 2 winters. They are famed for being rust magnets (cheap bike made in India) but mine was spotless. No rust whatsoever.
*Edit - I also haven't changed the filter in 7 years. It still works perfectly
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
A similar thread is on Singletrack, and a desiccant de-humidifier is better in cold conditions. I've tried a peltier type (cheap) which works fine in the garage, but can freeze up in the cold, but the one we have in the house is a compressor type, which extract's loads of moisture, but I believe they aren't as efficient in the cold conditions.
Electric_Andy
Heavy Metal Fan
- Location
- Plymouth
Good point. Yeah mine is a desiccant, I did a little research before I bought it luckily.
Looks like your user name should be changed to Junk
Cheeky bugger, it’s actually quite organised when the 8 bikes are removed
vickster
Legendary Member
When did you last use everything in there?
When did you last use everything in there?
Most of it is used, I do however have a huge amount of cycle and motorcycle parts and spares I’ve collected over the years.
The golf clubs could do with throwing away though!
biggs682
Touch it up and ride it
- Location
- Northamptonshire
My storage is the tidiest ever
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
...villains to insert enormous pry bars.
lane
Veteran
Unless it is my garage. House built on s slope so ground level higher further back the garage goes and we'll above DPC. Can't do much about it as is built on border of next door.
