So, it looks like we will be closing on 2/11 ish. Hoping to move that date up if possible. We are going to move into the town of Senoia, GA..home of the walking deads for you fans.

That said, homes in the south are different and it appears I may be storing gear(not guns) in the garage. Gear in term of my gun work bench, spare parts, and magazines.

So, I am asking y'all(see what I did there) about the humidity in the garage.

Workbench is going to be out there. Do y'all keep a dehumidifier out there?

Ammo. Put in the closet in the house? Or put in a garage type cabinet in the garage?

Parts. I have them in plano organizers. Good to go or keep in the house?

Related question. The home has LPV flooring throughout. What are you setting the gun safe on? Directly to the floor? Hockey pucks? or a mat? Suggestions? I am just concern with marring or scratching of the floor. I am having it professionally brought into the home.

Thanks in advance for the advice.

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FloridaSaunaPanhandle.

My garage is fine when closed, and typically low humidity.

However, if it is colder in the garage after a cold period, and the outside is warm and humid as is a thing in the south with wide weather swings in teps and humidity, up to 50 or 60 degree swings.

Opening the door after a cold soak on a warm moist day will result in condensation in the garage and especially metal.

I simply avoid opening the garage door, unless I must. And if I do, I run a space heater after closing it until it has "dried out" again.

Never had any issues.

Walls are insulated and drywall covered/painted. Door is not insulated, but has faced south and full sun all day in winter and normalky keeps garage warmer that outsude in winter.

I moved to the Gulf Coast from Wisconsin. Humidity is out the roof. I store stuff I care about in the house and the tools in the garage well oiled.

I do not miss paying the sky high taxes, but I could not cope with the cold any longer. It will be a big cultural change for you.

What is this "humidity" of which you guys speak?

Charlotte, NC. Super humid during July and August. Guns stay inside in air conditioned comfort. Tools suffer the onset of tropical humidity.

Brownells has Vapor Corrosion Inhibitors, put them in any cabinet you store metals in you wish to preserve:
https://www.brownells.com/guns...itter-prod40194.aspx

Hey neighbor. Let me know if you need any help settling in.

My safe has been in the garage since we moved 3 years ago.

It does have a 2 or 3 port power strip attached to the inner right side that leads to a male plug in on the outside.

I’ve had the same Golden Rod plugged into here as I did in our previous house when the safe was located inside. I have had 0 rust issues either way.

If your safe, cabinet, storage doesn’t have the capability of plugging a dehumidifier in, buy a couple of rechargeable units and swap them out every 2 weeks. You should be fine.

I’m on the Texas Gulf Coast by the way so yeah, humidity does come into play.

I live in the community of Sharpsburg GA, 10 miles NW of Senoia (Locally pronounced “sah-NOY” don’t ask me why). Humidity will be an issue. On a positive note, you chose a good community to call home.

Anything that can rust, like firearms, needs to be in the air conditioned home.
Garage should have a dehumidifier if you have valuables that can rust. If you work in there much in the summer, A/C which will dehumidify too.

Gun safes live in the basement with a dehu set to 50%. In the summer it runs pretty much constantly.

But I leave tools and stuff in the garage with no second though. I would think a dehumidifier in the garage would probably run constantly and still not get you below 70% in the summer.

Air conditioning removes humidity from the air.
I lived in eastern NC for 20 years and my tools and reloading stuff didn’t get hurt out in the garage. My reloading dies were used and placed back in the box and lived in a tool chest in the garage-no rust.

Guns and powder and primers stored in the master bedroom closet or safe-no golden rod or packets of silica.

Here in Temple the humidity is sooooo much lower-right now it’s 76° and 54%humidity outside.

I wouldn’t worry too much.

I live about 25 miles north of the town you are moving to.
Safe in garage is only a slight problem easily to fix by a damp rid bag and changing ever few
months
My safe is on steel wheels and anchored thru slab.That minimizes moister and rust.
Welcome to our free state.

Golden rod in safes, do as the Monkey says, and a good air circulation system. I have a whole house fan in the garage ceiling for pulling fresh air in, also those dry packs that plug in for recharging.

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Originally posted by mjlennon:
Hey neighbor. Let me know if you need any help settling in.

Thanks for the offer! Must be that southern hospitality. I might just do that!

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Originally posted by chuck416:
I live in the community of Sharpsburg GA, 10 miles NW of Senoia (Locally pronounced “sah-NOY” don’t ask me why). Humidity will be an issue. On a positive note, you chose a good community to call home.

I will actually be right off of Hwy 54 south of downtown Sharpsburg(for the TWD fans, its where Rick and Glenn got Hershel at the bar). Yes, I have been corrected in how to pronounce the town. It's apparently how to tell the locals from the tourists.

Gosh, there are a ton of Sig members in that area. Might have to coordinate a meet sometimes.

Gun safe is going to be in the house. I got away with it in a heated garage in Wisconsin and dual dri-rods in it during the summer.

I was toying with the ammo in a cabinet in the garage but I think I am going to make room in my den closet for it, the crapload of mags I have, and the parts. Workbench will just be in the garage and I will keep tools and such well oiled. Probably throw some desiccant packs in a tool box for my gun tools.

Thanks everyone!

No one has their safe in their home on a LPV or wood floor can perhaps share some insight about setting the safe directly on the floor?

We have vinyl plank…not be confused with the snap together and foam layer on the bottom…just good old glued to the concrete vinyl strips that look like wood.

When the safe guys delivered it, they slid it on Teflon sticks about three feet long. They had three sets and basically slid it and pushed it across four rooms into the MBR closet. Slid it off onto the floor and split.

The safe is about 800 pounds give or take and I didn’t feel the need to drill and bolt it to the floor. I did have to take doors off hinges and remove hinges on the trip as I didn’t want a big old gash in the paint.

Put the guns and ammo in the house, mags and so forth will be fine in the garage. I live in West TN and the humidity is also high; my stuff (tools, mags, etc) in the garage is fine.

Humidity? It can get a little damp here from about February to November.

About the only time your knuckles will crack and dry out is from just after Thanksgiving to end of January.

Otherwise it is safe to assume that humidity will be at least 40% or greater.

All humor aside.....No ammo, powder, or firearms in the garage or basement. We store powder in a separate containers on the north side of the house and away from windows.

As far as firearms go...inside the air conditioned portion of the house with two large desiccant cans and a golden rod in each.

(Just of note...We have also had pretty good success with the desiccants you can plug in to refresh.)

The trick is to check on them about once a month and refresh as needed. Also regular cleaning and lubing (like many things in life ) them makes a huge difference.

Welcome to Georgia, we are not to from ya’ll, we are up in Peachtree City.

Ammo and powder are degraded by high temperatures, so store them in air-conditioned spaces.

flashguy