It will soon be time to start packing Christmas decorations away for another year. Many have already started the process. This page offers 10 hints for storing holiday items so that they will be protected for next year and easier to get out. Here are a few main points.
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Looking up in garage storage
This article lists some general ideas for organizing outdoor items that are stored in your garage in the winter. It’s nothing we haven’t talked about before in this blog. Quality shelving is important. Make sure there’s enough room movement. Be careful where you store hazardous items and so forth.
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Should you insulate your garage?
If you’ve chosen to add a heat source to your garage, or even if you haven’t, you may be considering adding insulation to keep that heat in. This article offers another reason to consider adding insulation. It adds a layer of soundproofing to the walls to reduce the sounds that travel outside the garage. Here are a few basic points about garage insulation.
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Garage heater safety
Piggybacking on our last post on heating your garage, we need to pass along some safety information for gas-powered space heaters. Because they’re typically mounted to the wall, they don’t carry the danger of falling over like other heaters, but there are still precautions you need to take. Once again, this HGTV article offers some good points.
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Heating your garage
Typically garages go unheated during the winter, although with more and more homeowners using their garages as workspaces, they’re looking for ways to add heat. Space heaters offer the easiest option for adding heat, but as this article points out, there are several things to consider when looking at heaters.