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14 Things You Should Avoid Storing in Your Garage

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What should you avoid storing in your garage?

If you’ve been using your garage to store the items you don’t have room in the house for, you could be in for an unpleasant surprise later.

The garage is usually a catch-all place to store objects that don’t have a spot inside your home. That’s usually great.

However, the changes in temperature in your garage between summer and winter could damage some of your stuff, which is why there are some things you should avoid storing in your garage from now on.

Heat, moisture, and pests can destroy what lines the shelves of that space or is tucked in its dark corners. Some of those items could even become dangerous when stored in the garage.

So before you stash another unused item or box in your garage, make sure it’s safe to do so. Here are 14 things to avoid storing in your garage.