Many tenants ask us, “What’s the big deal about climate-controlled self storage? After all, I don’t have to live in my storage unit.”<\/p>\n
Because climate-controlled storage often costs a little more than traditional units, many customers choose forgo climate control. They agree that the feature may be a nice convenience for some people, but they don’t see it as a valuable benefit to them. This page is designed to point out some of the benefits of climate-controlled storage and help you decide whether or not the feature is for you.<\/p>\n
First of all, we need to define what we mean by climate controlled self storage. At The Lock Up, all of our climate-controlled units are kept at between 55 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit through heating and air conditioning. This is achieved through a commercial HVAC system rather than individually controlled units in each storage space.<\/p>\n
Many items that seem sturdy can be reduced to worthless pieces of junk after a few harsh summers and winters. For many items, extremes and swings in temperature can cause:<\/p>\n
Items and material that benefit from climate-controlled storage include:<\/p>\n
Find a Lock Up climate-controlled self storage facility<\/a> near you.<\/p>\n An often-overlooked benefit of climate-controlled storage is that this type of storage can only occur in a finished building. Too often, self storage facilities are nothing more than flimsy sheds that are susceptible to infestation from all kinds of pest. Because The Lock Up self storage units<\/a> are all inside finished buildings, they are much safer from infestation of insects and rodents.<\/p>\n Because the Lock Up’s units are inside, they are also safe from less obvious dangers like dirt and rain. By choosing a Lock Up climate-controlled self storage unit, you are making a long-term investment that may not be apparent until you’re ready to remove your valuables years down the road.<\/p>\n If you have further questions about climate-controlled storage, please call us at (866) 327-LOCK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What’s the big deal about climate-controlled storage? Learn about the benefits of climate-controlled self storage to find out if it’s right for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelockup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelockup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelockup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelockup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelockup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1782"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelockup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8882,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelockup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1782\/revisions\/8882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelockup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelockup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelockup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Protection from Pests<\/h3>\n