Antique Storage - Preserving Your Precious Heirlooms

The ideal way to store antiques is in a stable, temperate climate like you have in your home. If that is not an option, however, the next best place is a humidity-controlled storage unit.

Places like your basement, attic, and garage, while convenient, are not safe. These locations are not stable because they are often subject to extreme temperatures. For instance, heat in the summer, freezing temperatures in the winter and excessively high humidity throughout the year. Conditions like these cause deterioration and damage including warping, moulding, melting, and cracking.

So if there’s not enough space in your house, as is most often the case because it is full of present-day necessities, the ideal place to store your antiques is in temperature-controlled (aka humidity-controlled) storage units. 

Storguard maintains storage lockers in Vancouver, Richmond, Burnaby and Coquitlam. They vary in size from big enough to store several items, to storing a household-full, in the case of inheritances for example, or an entire antique-business inventory. Our humidity-controlled units regulate the locker atmosphere carefully. Since the temperature is kept stable year-round, heat, humidity and freezing temperatures are never a problem.

Once you’ve chosen your storage units, the next step is to properly store your antiques. Here’s an excellent resource for storing important papers, textiles (including rolled storage), leather & fur, and more.

Also, use pallets to keep your items off the floor, and racks to build storage vertically. This is the optimal way to use the space available. Remember to label your item for easy organization. See this article for a few more tips.

Call Storguard today to reserve your storage lockers in Vancouver, Richmond, Burnaby and Coquitlam. Rent as many storage units as you need, for as long as you need.