Safe In Attic

While your attic may seem like a safe place to keep any sweaters and wool blankets until the winter rolls around storing them in an attic might eventually render them unusable.

Safe in attic.

An unfinished attic is a hotspot for accidents. Use the attic to store anything that is impervious to heat. Well i want to start by telling you what you cannot store in a hot attic and that is food. Anyone have any experience with this.

Unless you re using mineral wool insulation or your fixtures are rated safe for contact with any type of insulation don t allow the material to touch or cover recessed cans or lights from the floor below it s a fire hazard. Your attic could harbor insects such as roaches. Could storing coins in a safe in a non climate controlled area be a problem. Knowing how to walk around what to check for and how to maintain it is key to staying safe while you re working up there.

While bug bombs are easy to use and readily available there are some precautions home owners should use when placing them in small spaces such as attics and basements. But jobs such as electrical work insulation removal and pest control even the most experienced diyer should leave to the professionals. Use canned minimally expanding spray foam. I am thinking that key issues could include heat and cold.

I am thinking about putting a safe in my attic. Is it safe to store food in the attic. In the basement store everything in clear plastic bins labeled and not packed too heavily. These products are used to control insect infestations in many homes and office settings.

Use hardware cloth metal flashing or scrap. More attic work and safety. Storing items in your attic is far more preferable than storing them in the basement where they may get wet think about flooding or garage where they are exposed to the elements. Discussion in coin chat started by fifty may 14 2010.

Heat can damage things such as photographs and wood.