davo Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Just built a timber garage,and insulated the walls and roof with rockwall. Would a dehumidifier or a greenhouse heater be better for protecting my car? It's not a workshop,it's purely a store for one car and two motorbikes Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony g Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Just an opinion but if you can keep it heated 24/7 then go for it. If not get a good dehumidifier. Heating from cold creates condensation and unless that gets fully evaporated youre better of with dehumid. i got a really good one for the conservatory because we dont heat it all year, and the water it collects is quite surprising and thats only because of my space invader machine living there lol Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymanc Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 dont have a garage ,just a car cover but always have a few off these inside the car http://www.inest.co.uk/range.asp?typeId=94702 seem to work well 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stradacab Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Dehumidifier. But you will need some heat too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opelscott22 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I stopped using my heater as it creates condensation, all my tools were going rusty! I bought a dehumidifier from aldi (£100), I leave it on auto with the drain pipe to outside and it makes a huge difference. I had to pipe it to outside as it filled the tray in no time, scary how much moisture is in even a dry garage... Scott. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scribe of Lincoln Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I run a dehumidifier on a timer and empty it once a week - seems to do the business. Had a radiator in there too until the wife nicked it for her therapy room Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mantaray Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 dont have a garage ,just a car cover but always have a few off these inside the car http://www.inest.co.uk/range.asp?typeId=94702 seem to work well 2 year ago I had a water leek in the caravan roof that also crept into the top of the walls, I used the above to dry out the wall before making a full repair. They were great !! I now keep 2 permently in the van and have not had any more damp problems. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opelmantagsi Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 dehumidifier, but you want to make sure the shed is reasonably well sealed otherwise you will be dehumidifying the entire neighborhood your shed needs decent insulation in the walls and ceiling (rockwool is good) but you also need a vapour barrier between the inner and outer building fabric a vapor barrier under the concrete floor is also essential, this is normally done by putting plastic sheeting under the slab before its poured, but sometimes not done in a garage as its deemed an uninhabited space I have worked in the air conditioning game all my days, the ultimate would be a cheap reverse cycle heat pump with automatic dehumidification function, but again you need the shed to be fairly air tight or our going to be running it and compensating for leakage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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