Storing items in the garage?
 

Hi all,

Just wondering - can you store some groceries in the garage vs. the home itself?

1. Paper goods like paper towels, napkins, tissues etc.
2. Cleaning goods (spic n span, liquid or dry detergents, fabric softeners, etc)
3. Dry grocery goods (pasta, rice, noodles)
4. Canned goods
5. Glass jar goods

Thanks!

If you're going to eat it, don't put it in the garage. Go ahead and try anything else. At least it won't kill you.

We did not have enough pantry space so bought a cabinet we use as a second pantry. Keeping food in garage is not a good idea can easily get to over 100.

Items 1 and 2 yes, the rest NO.

Aren't foods stored in non air conditioned warehouses and shipped in non air conditioned trailers?

Great question. :undecided:

We store Pop (sorry Soda here) and water in the garage until we ready to put it in the fridge. Those are both plastic bottles and cans. I would be interested in hearing why not canned goods. I'm always learning...

We built a small pantry in the utility closet which stays relatively cool in the summer.

IMHO, and my uneducated opinion on food safety, I will not store any food items in my garage. I have added additional storage inside the air conditioned house just for this.

When they started using on demand hot water heaters the air handler closets where the hot water tanks used to be installed were half empty and it makes for great storage. When the AC is on it's pretty cool inside that closet and although I don't at this time store canned goods in there I would not hesitate in doing so if I needed the space. If you have a home with a closet like that I would go for it.

I understand that, what I didn't mention is my garage is air conditioned..... It's my shop and I do a lot of painting...

Then go for it.

#1 should be no problem if stored in unopened package.
#2 I have done this for years. For liquid items I would try and keep the time period to a month or two.
#3,4,5 should be ok in the cooler months but not hot summer months, but again I would keep to short time periods. I would try and avoid the garage for these.

In that case nothing wrong with doing that

Be careful of the pasta. I had spaghetti stored in my pantry that ended up with bugs. It now lives in the fridge.