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Treadmill in garage heat.
Treadmills take up quite a bit of space and they don t always match the decor of your home.
In fact treadmill manufacturers strongly advise against storing your treadmill in your garage especially the cold unheated garage.
Our garage is unattached to the house and not heated i will be using the treadmill during winter months.
Can you keep tools.
Disadvantages of storing your treadmill in the garage.
However the cold can damage many of the parts of your treadmill like the lcd screen and belt.
The plan is to turn on a heater and let it run for a few minutes before hopping on to let the lubricants loosen up.
Placing them in an out of the way spot such as your garage is a tempting solution.
Mine works just fine so i m sure yours will be fine out there as well.
The treadmill should be used in 50 to 105 degrees f conditions.
Heat usually isn t as much of a problem as your garage will shield the treadmill from the direct sun.
Does anyone else use their treadmill in a cold garage.
The tv and stereo mounted on the wall help too.
My concern is using a treadmill in a garage where the ambient temperature could possibly be as low as 25 deg c.
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Can you make the temperature of your garage comfortable.
I am looking for the right place to keep my treadmill and am looking into our basement vs garage.
You can avoid this if you store your treadmill in the garage.
Our basement is old stacked stone walls and a little damp and musty air quality is probably not the best.
If you place your treadmill in your garage at the very least place a treadmill cover on it when the machine isn t in use.
This is because extreme weather conditions have a way of damaging the equipment.
Manufacturers strongly recommended that you not keep your treadmill in a garage.
I had my treadmill in the garage for about two years before i moved it out into my shop and have not had a problem with it.
Put the treadmill in your garage at your own risk.
If the treadmill was exposed to below freezing conditions shipping or storage it is recommended that the treadmill be exposed to room temps for 3 hours before use.
Placing the treadmill in the garage accelerates the accumulation of debris within the belt and motor which increases the amount of damage that occurs to these and adjacent parts.
However manufacturers strongly advise against this especially if the garage is unheated and it could void your warranty.
Where i live temperatures get up into the 100 s in the summer and into the teens in the winter inside the garage.
