Self Storage - Helpful Hints
Often people rush storing their items and when they go to retrieve their valuable belongings, are dismayed at the condition they find them in. To ensure your storage experience will end happily, please read our helpful storage hints below and pickup one of our "Helpful Hints " brochures available at any of our storage facilities.
Our Facilities | What Size Do I Need
Our Facilities | What Size Do I Need
Helpful Storage Hints
- Store your most valuable items in the back of yourunit, out of
sight.(TV, stereo, etc.) Put refrigerator or boxes or large items
in front ofthe unit to block passage. - Do not specify contents on the outside of your box. Put a
number on your box and YOU keep a list of what is in each box. - Do not put heavy boxes or other items on top of sofa cushions
or upholstered furniture. Constant weight in one spot can
permanently damage your upholstery. - Do not store mattresses, boxes, books, linens, etc. directly on
cement floor or tight against a concrete wall. Use a pallet, a piece
of plywood or a tarp to block dampness and to protect against mildew. - Do not store food or candy, even in sealed containers. Food attracts ants, mice and rats, that can eat right through cardboard or plastic containers. A few mothballs in upholstered furniture will repulse rodents.
- If you have woolens, put moth flakes or mothballs in the boxes to protect against moths. If woolen items are CLEAN they are a lot safer from moths.
- Cover your best furniture with a sheet. This protection can be worth a lot to you.
- In this part of the country we are always concerned with rodents, and, while we maintain constant rodent control on the premises, we cannot enter your unit. You, too, should take some precautions.
- Before storing upholstered furniture, be sure you have vacuumed it thoroughly. Rodents will seek out the smallest remnants of food, and, in the process, may destroy your furniture. Ask our managers how best to protect your goods.
- Use strong boxes if you are going to store for a long time. With age and pressure from the weight of one box on top of another, cardboard breaks down and crumbles - the stack of boxes can tilt and fall. WE HAVE A VARIETY OF BOXES AT LOW PRICES - ASK OUR MANAGERS.
YOUR GOODS ARE WORTH MORE THAN A $.95 LOCK!
When choosing a lock to protect your property, don't settle for inferior quality to save a few pennies. Ask us about our reasonably priced, high quality locks.
SOME LOCKS TO BEWARE OF:
SOME LOCKS TO BEWARE OF:
- Tiny "Jewel box" locks.
- Master locks with a serial number of the bottom. (A thief can get a key made by giving a locksmith the number.)
- Master locks with groves on TWO sides of key. (These can easily be picked.)
OUR LOCATIONS
Record Storage...
Covina, CA - (626) 332-2210
Self Storage...
Diamond Bar, CA - (909) 595-4044
Rosemead, CA - (626) 280-6316
Pomona, CA -(909) 621-7466
Covina, CA - (626) 332-2210Self Storage...
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