The Storage Misadventures of our Staff Writer D.C.
If you are lucky enough to to live in a large house that has an attic, basement or crawl spaces, it is indeed appealing to use these areas as storage spaces. However, I am about to tell you two cautionary little tales that happened to our staff writer D.C. while he was trying to store things in these sorts of areas. I am not saying that these experiences are commonplace, but since he witnessed them first hand, they are certainly some things to watch out for.
1. Rats
About four years ago, D.C.’s house was overcome by an infestation of rats and mice. D.C. had heard little sounds in the walls and saw evidence of rats here and there, but by the time he got around to calling the exterminators, it was way too late. Apparently, the rats had already been living and breeding in the attic and ceiling spaces for months. D.C. was crushed when he worked his way to the back of the attic to grab his late grandfather’s suit to wear to a friend’s wedding and found it half devoured on the hanger! Rodents can destroy clothing and paper items at an alarming rate, D.C. found out that day. Basically, they have to constantly chew on things to keep their teeth sharp. Boxes, books, old records, and apparently suits, are all perfect tooth-sharpening fodder for those little guys.
2. Wet Storage
About two years before the rat incident, D.C. had a power outage that lasted a day and a half. This would not have been that big of a deal to him, but he lived in an old house that used an electronic sump-pump in the basement to flush out the water that occasionally appears there during the rainy season. And, you guessed it: it rained the whole time the power was out. The basement flooded and he lost a lot of items that he had recently moved out of an extra room. Some of it, he managed to save by drying it out (papers and slides and such). Ironically, he almost burned the house down by hastily trying to dry the soaked items over the heater in his living room (don’t ask). Which brings me to the third thing that can claim the valuable items you might be trying to store, but for which I have luckily no humorous D.C. story with which to exemplify:
3. Fires
If you are trying to store valuable items, such as back-ups of computer data or old, irreplaceable and seldom-seen memorabilia, it makes sense to store these items separate from all the other items that you use everyday in your house. I personally store my computer back-ups and rarely-used but yet valuable items separately from my house at Central City U-Lock. Therefore, if the unthinkable were to happen and there was a fire in my house, I know that these items will survive.
So, all I am saying by relaying these absolutely true (I swear it!) stories to you, is that sometimes it can be wise to store items away from your home in order to better your chances of their survival. Here at Central City U-Lock (your storage Surrey leaders, btw), our self storage spaces will keep your items safe from animals and the elements. So, instead of having all of your belongings in one place and having to worry about remembering to monitor their safety yourself, why not place your belongings someplace truly “out of sight, out of mind?”
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