Now that Kiwis are in the (good) habit of looking for extra cleaning jobs to do, following on our great efforts during last year’s lockdowns, why not turn your attention to your garage? Some of us look at our garage as a place meant for storing tools, toys, sporting gear, landscaping equipment and perhaps an extra fridge or two, and we often lose sight of its main purpose: to store and protect some of our most valuable possessions – our vehicles.
There has never been a better time to clean out all that accumulated junk and chuck it all in a skip from Bookabin. By freeing up your garage, your car will stay out of the heat of the sun and won’t have to work as hard to reach comfortable operating conditions. Parking in a garage will also limit your car’s exposure to UV rays, which can be particularly harmful to a vehicle’s interior. Along with causing the cabin surfaces to fade and crack, the hot sun also can be surprisingly harmful to you—by heating up the steering wheel and seats to painful levels. None of that is an issue with a garaged vehicle.
On the flip side, parking in a clean garage in winter is better for your car. Even in the dead of winter, your car is warmer in a garage than if it’s exposed to the wind and elements, and the warmer your car’s oil and other fluids, for example, the easier it is on the engine when starting up.
Similarly, bird droppings are highly acidic, and that, combined with what alternating sun and cold can do to an exposed car, is a recipe for potentially expensive paint damage. Additionally, while parking in your driveway may be safer than parking in the street, where your vehicle is right in the path of traffic, moving into a garage raises the bar. Now, you’re out of the way of delivery trucks, visitors and people turning around, too, all good reasons to clean out that garage and take advantage of the skip services of Bookabin. Also, a locked garage puts another layer of security between your vehicle and potential thieves, and it decreases the chance of vandalism in the same way.
Finally, you should clean your garage not just to keep your car in, but also to keep pests out. Messy garages make attractive homes for rats, mice, spiders and other unwelcome critters, many of which are eager to follow you right into your home, so take advantage of this fine weather to have a good clean-out, and for more information on hiring a skip, skip hire Auckland and skip bin hire please go to www.bookabin.co.nz .
