Richie C. posted:Dan,
Are you planning on keeping your engines and rolling stock in the garage as well ?
If the temps could fall below freezing in the winter, I might be a little concerned about lubrication, especially on start-up after a long period of inactivity.
Also, you mentioned the garage floor sweating under certain weather conditions. Is there any possibility of condensation forming on the track or any of the pieces ?
Rich
That was one of my main concerns, lubrication. Depending on what it would cost, I could leave the heat on and set the thermostat let's say about 45 degrees, then just raise it when I am out there.
Nothing but the floor sweats. When I built the garage I wasn't thinking of a day when I would worry about heating it. So I poured the slab directly on grade with no type of insulation. If I were building it today, I would install styrofoam sheets under the concrete, plus I would put radiant heat in the slab. I could run the radiant heat off my house boiler. I have installed radiant heat throughout most of the house over the past ten years. What a nice way to live. No more baseboard convectors to clean and worry about blocking with furniture. Of course when i was building the house i was merely a young carpenter apprentice with more energy than money. So I did what I could with the funds available at the time.
