Storing Your Baby’s Mementos

Climate-controlled storage is important for many household goods and fabrics. If you have it available, it's worth considering paying more for it so your belongings will be protected better. Of course, you'll need to weigh the cost against your budget to decide if it's right for you. You might even downsize your storage unit size to lower the cost so you're sure to have climate control. Here's why climate control is important. 

1. Humidity Is Kept In A Safe Range

If you live where humidity is high, especially in the summer when it's warm too, your things might sustain damage in an outdoor storage unit. Humidity can cause rust to metal items, swelling of wood furniture, and damage to documents and cardboard boxes.

Humidity also attracts bugs. Silverfish love warm, humid environments. If they infest your unit, they may get inside cardboard boxes and damage documents, pictures, fabrics, and paintings. A climate-controlled unit keeps your storage unit dry so bugs aren't attracted and so your belongings aren't damaged.

However, the unit isn't so dry that damage occurs due to lack of sufficient humidity, such as cracking of wood furniture. You won't have to worry about the humidity being too low or too high.

2. Temperature Extremes Are Avoided

Extreme temperatures can also harm belongings. If your storage unit is too cold or too hot, electronics might be harmed and fragile fabrics might be damaged. A climate-controlled storage unit doesn't keep the temperature and humidity constant every day. Instead, it keeps the unit within the safe range for temperature and humidity so household belongings and fabrics will be safe.

3. Security Is Improved

Your belongings may even be safer inside a climate-controlled storage unit. These units are usually inside a building so they can only be accessed during business hours through the building entry door. That means fewer people can get near your unit after hours. Outdoor storage units can often be used at any hour of the day or night. While storage facilities usually have very good security so you don't have to worry about your things, you may prefer that fewer people can get around your unit and that you can lock it after hours, and that's what an indoor climate-controlled unit can provide.

4. Protection Is Better From Floods And Storms

When you rent an indoor climate-controlled storage unit in a big building, your unit will probably be on an upper-level floor. This could provide extra protection against unexpected flooding. An outdoor unit is flat on the ground, so water getting inside the unit is a possibility in an extreme storm. You shouldn't have to worry about weather issues with an indoor unit. Your things will be protected from humidity, temperature extremes, storms, and pests.

Contact a local storage service to learn more about climate-controlled storage units.