Keep Your Garage or Shop Cool Without An Air Conditioner - Needs Preparation, Start NOW

Items we use to help keep the shop feeling cool:

Please make sure to note that none of these items will cool your shop once it is warm. The preparation discussed will help your shop to remain cool and feel cool into the summer. You need to start the process of keeping your shop cool before spring hits. You want to keep the humidity levels around 30% year around. Keep your concrete cool and do not leave doors open long.

This process has been refined over the years and we start to drop our heat from 68 down to 60 in March, allowing everything to get colder. As April comes, we will turn off the heat allowing the temps to remain around 50. Through July, the temps will stay below 67 degrees and normally into August we crest 75 degrees.

This process works if you have an insulated area without a lot of outside air entering for long periods of time.

Please try it and let us know how it worked for you.

[wojtekzabicki]

*humiditer We liked it **Fastly.Cool** so much in the basement, we bought a second one for the main level. The amount of moisture it pulls out of the air is astonishing.*

[mikep]

I lift in my garage in south Texas. Small 1 car apartment garage. Its brutal in summer

[superspeeder]

FYI, Energy Star dehumidifiers that are 75 pints/day and less are rated 2.0L/kWh water removal, and over 75 pints/day are 40% higher efficiency at 2.8L/kWh. Lots of the larger units also have more advanced features like built in pumps to deliver the water to an elevated drain. If you can find an ES rated unit that's over 75 pints/day for close to what a smaller unit costs it's a much better value.

[pcfabris]

My HVAC guy said the new small a/c slash heat pump units (ie Mitsubishi) that hang on wall are super efficient for smaller spaces. We have one running in commercial space with 10' drop ceiling, 1000sqft West facing, storefront open space with 20 customers at once no complaints.

[JJ-qdfx]

I'm glad you brought this to light. Now I don't feel so weird :) I have the same issues with mold and dampness and just recently added a dehumidifier. I had replaced the one in our home (i.e., basement) with a larger one and decided to put this one in the garage. In the summer months it is always cooler but damp, hence the mold. This will be the first full summer with it and will see how it goes. So far emptying the bucket is a good sign of pulling moisture. Good job with videos as usual.

[matthyde]

I have a 40’/50’ shop with 10’ ceiling have had 3 guys all tell me same thing. I would need 2 mini splits to keep shop cool properly and to heat it properly. Cost close to 10k to install all equipment and do the job. I could go with a horizontal furnace in attic but then have the worry of that up in a cold attic. I think I’ll stay with my gas hung heater for winter and my fans and dehumidifier for summer.

[joeframer]

Solid advise.. I went with heated and cooled garage floors and a dehumidifier.. love the channel 👍

[rayhitt]

Aprilaire is one of the very best dehumidifiers out there. I have one under my house and one in my shop. Keeps shop fairly cool. Not like AC. Thanks

[michaelzimmerling]

Obviously not living in the south because a dehumidifier WILL NOT keep your shop cool. If anything it will heat it up, even though it will be at a lower dew point.

[followingfan]

Great video! We're working on solving this problem too.

[bentcountershaft]

I have a Whirlpool "Gold" that has been in constant use since 2007. I don't see a model number or size on the outside of it. It appears to be physically smaller than the one you have there. I use it to keep the moisture under control in a small damp basement of around 900 square feet. I don't remember it being crazy expensive and I'm a tightwad, so I probably would if it had been. Good luck with that one.

[pitubg]

I have a window tint shop here in BC. Summer time is hell boy and humidity is so crazy when I am inside the car installing tint on the back glass. esp coupe. Sweat like crazy and film tend to stick immediately because of the high humidity. Do you think the dehumidifiers would help? It s bout 1000 sq ft shop.

[dappyapple]

What kind of temperatures are you talking? We had 95-116° temperatures with humidity last summer and it was horrific.

[AndreOliveira-cufy]

I have a 36' x 12' warehouse bay. It is not insulated, would the dehumidifier work for us?

[savoirfaire]

My dehumidifier raises the room temperature by 2-3 degrees Fahrenheit.

[UrbanJReviews]

If you live in a dry environment like arizona do you recommend a Dehumidifier?

[vincentgarcia]

Does it blow hot air? Or can adjust the temp on which the air comes out? I’m asking because my room gets really hot and it’s humid I wanted to get a swamp cooler but that’ll only make it worse when it comes to the humidity what should I do?

[toolshopguy]

Good vid. Hey are you guy's going to review the Milwaukee M18 FUEL String Trimmer QUIK-LOK? I've been looking at it this past week and like to see ur opinion on it. Even maybe compare it to the ego trimmer. I got my dad the ego but with a 5 AH battery. It's to heavy for him as he's had shoulder surgeries in the past. Wonder if the m18 quik lok would be lighter for him. Also of thinking of getting my self since I already own a crap ton of m18 batteries.

[FishFind]

only works if you have a sealed space. open the garage door and your done. I have a vented soffit but not a completely sealed ceiling.

[carl]

Inofia Portable Dehumidifier Is inexpensive as well at 238$