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New cabinets, counters in a garage - seasonal humidity a problem? (post #184836)

OregonBrian on Tue, 02/16/2010 - 11:16
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We're ready to order cabinets, countertops, for a reasonably insulated but unheated garage. Soggy climate, garage door is left open often...so thinking about using painted plywood cabs and sealed wood countertop.

Concern is humidity will eventually destabilze/delaminate other up materials.

Am I overthinking this one?

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I don't believe you are over (post #184836, reply #1 of 3)

by oldhand in reply to OregonBrian [original] on Tue, 02/16/2010 - 17:37

I don't believe you are over thinking. Avoiding particleboard or regular mdf sounds wise.

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Keep things up off the (post #184836, reply #2 of 3)

by calvin in reply to OregonBrian [original] on Tue, 02/16/2010 - 21:17

Keep things up off the floor.

Sealing the bottoms of the cabs would not hurt.

 

 

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I built a couple garage (post #184836, reply #3 of 3)

by Ray in reply to calvin [original] on Wed, 02/17/2010 - 08:47

I built a couple garage cabinets from melamine-faced MDF.  South Alabama humidity took its toll, they started coming apart after about 4 years.  I sealed the edges, but the holes for the shelf pins started "growing".  The new cabinets are plywood, sprayed with poly before and after assembly. . .