24 Oct
2000
24 Oct
'00
6:11 a.m.
Should I insulate the shed first?
I'd like to say a bit on insulation.
Seems that warming cold metal with warm air is a bad
thing. The way the air reacts to a cold object is by
dumping its moisture on it and moisture leads to rust.
The bigger problem with outside storage is not
necessarily extreme hot or cold, but here the degree of
temperature change over a small period of time, like
a day.
And the more closely storage is left to the outside air,
the more vulnerabe to temperature fluctuations things
get. This was summed up to me nicely by a friend who
happens to be an industrial engineer.
So to make a long story short: less insulation equals
more rust.
John A.