Dehumidifier in the garage.....

[Steve GS]

Fitting a fan with a moisture sensor would work well in a garage you want to keep dry as this would also circulate the air.
I work in the damp and structural repair industry. Keeping buildings dry is my day to day. And stoping water penetration A lot of my work is in the basements of London

 

[Blondie]

Thanks for the tips. All noted.

 

[midlifecrisis]

Has anyone got carpet in their garage?

 

[Steve GS]

Has anyone got carpet in their garage?

Is that on the walls to stop scraping the doors or the floor because you can

 

[midlifecrisis]

Floor, because they were off cuts from a house I rented out a while back so it's not axminster...the walls have a packaging filler in strategic places..

 

[Maser Sod]

Are there really benefits to garaging a car?

I always have - and continue to do - but I've started doubting it since I saw how many high end cars my local dealership leaves out to the elements on a regular basis.

Just curious!

 

[Steve GS]

Floor, because they were off cuts from a house I rented out a while back so it's not axminster...the walls have a packaging filler in strategic places..

I have plastered garages top to bottom for customers and had radiators fited also seen new carpet installed not sure if they where a special carpit or not. So nothing surprises me what goes on. And then the cars they pamper they go drive them on good old uk roads in all the weather.

 

[CatmanV2]

Are there really benefits to garaging a car?

I always have - and continue to do - but I've started doubting it since I saw how many high end cars my local dealership leaves out to the elements on a regular basis.

Just curious!

Stays a bit drier, and cleaner I guess. For a daily driver, I don't really see the point.

C

 

[Felonious Crud]

Arguably a car in a garage will take longer to dry out than one left out in the open which gets some fresh air blowing round it. Obviously the one outside gets rained on, too. Swings and roundabouts, perhaps. Unless you have a big and luxurious garage, anyway.

 

[QP4Me]

Living in one the dampest, wetest and coldest parts of these islands, this is an issue close to my heart.

For me, the key is space and air movement, with a touch of dehumidification, as and when required.

Air movement is vital to help prevent cold spots and move moisture around to warmer spots where it can disperse. I have several fans constantly going and always place a fan under a car when it is wet to promote drying. The walls of my garage are doubly insulated, there is a mosture barrier under the concrete floor, which is coated in an thick epoxy paint.

For my vintage cars, which have timber frames, there is an 'inner citadel', in the garage, which is additionally insulated and air-tight, to dry them when they get wet. There is a dehumidifier in this inner garage, which works brilliantly, to the point where dirt on the car turns to dust and be blown off.

I would imagine that a dehumidifier in a 'porous', gargae will only draw in more moisture through the floor, walls and doors.

 

[MAF260]

Living in one the dampest, wetest and coldest parts of these islands....

You live in Benny's heart?

 

[Felonious Crud]

That's a cracking looking garage, Pat. If it was mine I'd seldom see much of a need to go into my house

 

[dem maser]

You live in Benny's heart?

haha

 

[2b1ask1]

Blimey Pat; that is a magnificent garage, I struggle to get in the door of mine there is so much junk in there, bare block walls and peeled paint on the floor I'm all embarrassed now....

 

[Steve GS]

I'm jealous. no garage l live in a terraced house. Don't think her indoors will let me convert the living room into a garage

 

[highlander]

I'm jealous. no garage l live in a terraced house. Don't think her indoors will let me convert the living room into a garage

No commitment, not a real maser owner

 

[SpyderNick]

Has anyone got carpet in their garage?

I Carpeted my garage as well as dry lining it.

 

[Steve GS]

No commitment, not a real maser owner

ill just go for the living room conversion complet with carpet and radiators plus Sky tv I think the leather interior car is better than the leather on the sofa plus I can lock the kids out

 

[Trev Latter]

That sounds like a very easy way to get some "me time" Steve. Very risky, but it might work.

 

[CliveP1]

plus just make sure you have lots of mouse bait, traps during the winter. it only takes a pen hole size and the little buggers are in. next thing you know go for a drive nice warm car and you could end up with a little nest in the engine bay chewing away at all those lovely little Italian wires.