Climate-Controlled Storage

While standard self storage units can house many of your belongings, sensitive items often require an extra layer of reassurance. If you need to store anything that can be damaged by extreme heat or cold, a climate-controlled storage unit may be the answer you’re looking for.

What Is Climate-Controlled Storage?

Climate-controlled storage helps regulate the environment in your unit, unlike a garage, attic, or shed, which heat up and cool down depending on the weather. 

These specialized storage units help reduce the risk of damage from extreme heat or cold, such as warping, melting, or fading. Whether there’s a heat wave in the summer or a blizzard in the winter, climate control is the best way to shield your belongings from the elements.

Who Needs Climate-Controlled Storage?

Many people can benefit from climate-controlled storage. Whether you’re a college student storing for the summer, a business owner needing space for inventory, or in between homes and waiting to move, chances are you have items that would benefit from being kept in a stable environment.

Climate-controlled storage is often necessary if you plan to store belongings for an extended period, particularly between hot summers and chilly winters. Climate control maintains a steady temperature throughout the year, helping reduce the risk of temperature-related damage.

What Goes Into Climate-Controlled Storage?

Climate-controlled storage units can help shield a variety of belongings. Common items we recommend keeping in climate-controlled storage include:

Should Furniture Be Kept in Climate-Controlled Storage?

Many types of furniture are best stored in climate-controlled storage units. Wood can expand and crack, and leather may dry out and fade. As a general rule, if it’s a piece of furniture that you wouldn’t leave in a moving truck on a hot summer day or a freezing winter night, it should be in a climate-controlled storage space.

Do All Documents Need Climate-Controlled Storage?

Paper warps, fades, and deteriorates when exposed to changing conditions. While not all paper documents need climate control, it is highly recommended for irreplaceable files you may need to access in the future.

Does Clothing Need Climate-Controlled Storage?

You may wear your clothes in all kinds of weather without a problem, but long-term exposure to heat can cause damage. High temperatures can cause fabrics to fade and lose shape. Climate-controlled storage helps prevent temperature-related issues.

Is Climate-Controlled Storage Worth It?

If you’re open to investing in shielding your belongings from extreme temperatures, climate-controlled storage is an easy choice. Storing delicate items in the right environment gives them the best chance of lasting a long time. Even for things that can be replaced, the time, hassle, and stress of damage often outweigh the cost of a more premium unit.

Not sure if your items need stable conditions? Contact us to see if climate-controlled storage is right for you.

Where Can I Find Climate-Controlled Storage?

Affordable Self Storage offers climate-controlled self storage at our Northgate facility in Bowling Green. Come stop by and see if we have a unit that fits your needs! If you’re new to self storage, check out our packing and storage tips to help get you started.

Need to store something else? At select locations, we also offer boat and RV storage and drive-up self storage units.