Papamurphdog

A finished garage!!!

Just f---ing with ya! Griot's and others sell tire bags. They also sell "dessicant" stink remover in small bags. Bag em and add a dessicant in each. Should help.

Potomac-Greg

Two other points. R compounds are not supposed to be exposed to below freezing temps. I sort of gamble that my garage stays above freezing 'cause there's no way I can store my tire collection in the house. Second, you're not supposed to keep tires near any electrical equipment. Apparently the electromagnetic emissions will break down rubber.

Bull

Not at all to me....BTDT.

Chaos

I keep mine in the crawl space,no problem.

rabjohns

Good watchout. So would a sump pump count? I have them in my (heated) basement storage room.

rabjohns

PS How much do you think it would cost over the course of the winter to put a small heater in the garage to keep things above freezing? Also what kind of heater would anybody recommend? Would electric run foul of the electric problem?

Mike in Chi

The way I heard the electrical/ozone issue, David, was it was ok to keep the tires across the room from it. Just not near the motor electric appliance.

rabjohns

Perfect. Thanks Mike.

PS Did you get my PM about Jackson Hole?

MUSSBERGER

Why not an electric blanket?

The electrical issue is the ozone produced from an electric motor.

rlm328

Send em to me I will be more than happy to store them on my car for you. :

Potomac-Greg

F1 tire warmers. Then at any moment you could put them on the car and go!

LiveNupe

Having grown up in the Chicago area and hearing a lot of stories about house/building fires that were caused by small electrical space heaters, I'd recommend you avoid them. The safest approach is to install a hard plumbed gas heater (2nd choice would be hard wired electrical heater). However, you have to consider how well your garage is insulated. If it's poorly insulated (as most garages are), your utility bills could increase substantially and you still may not accomplish your goal of preventing the tires from being exposed to sub-freezing temperatures.

If it were me, I'd just bag the tires and put them in the basement.
My $0.02.