nn

14/10/2005 12:04 PM

Calif to SC or GA woodshop?

Currently looking for home/shop in Greenville or Augusta area as a
native Californian. Currently sharing 2 car garage with wood storage
outside as humidity on So Calif coast isn't a problem. Hoping to get
shop with enough space inside for storage and wondering if sharing a 3
car garage is viable. Would opening door for car cause too big a
problem with humidity? Expecting a dehumidifier will be required in
most cases but will opening the door overwhelm it? Californians aren't
typically faced with this schtuff. Observations welcomed!


This topic has 7 replies

Td

"Teamcasa"

in reply to "[email protected]" on 14/10/2005 12:04 PM

14/10/2005 3:29 PM


<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Currently looking for home/shop in Greenville or Augusta area as a
> native Californian. Currently sharing 2 car garage with wood storage
> outside as humidity on So Calif coast isn't a problem. Hoping to get
> shop with enough space inside for storage and wondering if sharing a 3
> car garage is viable. Would opening door for car cause too big a
> problem with humidity? Expecting a dehumidifier will be required in
> most cases but will opening the door overwhelm it? Californians aren't
> typically faced with this schtuff. Observations welcomed!
>
Did they kick you out of California? Why would anyone in the right mind
voluntarily move to Greenville? Rent a house for a year - you'll be back!

Dave



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nn

in reply to "[email protected]" on 14/10/2005 12:04 PM

14/10/2005 4:46 PM

No, not kicked out of Calif but 2 kids and grandkids are in SC and GA
and time marches on! I retired 11 years ago and wife joined the happy
throng 1.5 years ago. Looked for 2 weeks almost and have a couple of
"possibles" but nothing firm yet. Testing the waters so to speak.
After 22+ years of travel from Calif to Boston/Virginia/Wash DC year
round I'm too familiar with humidity but reality prevails.

nn

in reply to "[email protected]" on 14/10/2005 12:04 PM

15/10/2005 4:00 AM

Thanks David for the info, it is appreciated. Guild looks impressive
and will look at more as time allows.

nn

in reply to "[email protected]" on 14/10/2005 12:04 PM

15/10/2005 5:08 PM

Thanks Bill, seems as though your observations are right on. After two
weeks looking we've decided to tread water and ponder a couple of
candidates. "The moving finger having written moves on and all of your
piety and wit ..." still prevails.

mh

"mike hide"

in reply to "[email protected]" on 14/10/2005 12:04 PM

14/10/2005 3:29 PM


<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Currently looking for home/shop in Greenville or Augusta area as a
> native Californian. Currently sharing 2 car garage with wood storage
> outside as humidity on So Calif coast isn't a problem. Hoping to get
> shop with enough space inside for storage and wondering if sharing a 3
> car garage is viable. Would opening door for car cause too big a
> problem with humidity? Expecting a dehumidifier will be required in
> most cases but will opening the door overwhelm it? Californians aren't
> typically faced with this schtuff. Observations welcomed!


You moved to South Carolina !!! just keep your passport handy at all
times.....

DM

"David Merrill"

in reply to "[email protected]" on 14/10/2005 12:04 PM

15/10/2005 12:19 AM

There is a pretty active woodworker's guild in Greenville (no personal
experience)http://www.greenvillewoodworkers.com/index.htm There is a
hardwood dealer on Rt 101 just to the east of GSP airport. I live an hour
north in Fletcher, NC where it is about ten degrees cooler but has
occasional snow and ice storms and no woodworking stores closer than
Greenville (Woodcraft, also a Harbor Freight and a Tool Shed, Klingspors in
Hickory and Charlotte). But I have two retired brothers living in
Greenville. Suggest you try looking in the Taylors (semi-urban) and Greer
(semi-urban to rural) areas, and there are some very pretty rural areas just
to the north of them.

David Merrill

<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> No, not kicked out of Calif but 2 kids and grandkids are in SC and GA
> and time marches on! I retired 11 years ago and wife joined the happy
> throng 1.5 years ago. Looked for 2 weeks almost and have a couple of
> "possibles" but nothing firm yet. Testing the waters so to speak.
> After 22+ years of travel from Calif to Boston/Virginia/Wash DC year
> round I'm too familiar with humidity but reality prevails.
>

c

in reply to "[email protected]" on 14/10/2005 12:04 PM

15/10/2005 11:50 AM

On 14 Oct 2005 12:04:42 -0700, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Currently looking for home/shop in Greenville or Augusta area as a
>native Californian. Currently sharing 2 car garage with wood storage
>outside as humidity on So Calif coast isn't a problem. Hoping to get
>shop with enough space inside for storage and wondering if sharing a 3
>car garage is viable. Would opening door for car cause too big a
>problem with humidity? Expecting a dehumidifier will be required in
>most cases but will opening the door overwhelm it? Californians aren't
>typically faced with this schtuff. Observations welcomed!


I live in Aiken, SC. (just across the water from Augusta, GA.) and
unless a garage in this area is unusually sealed, humidity will be a
problem. Do some real estate research and find a house with a
basement (rare but not unheard of) that has climate control or build a
separate shop building. If you own a home in California, you can
purchase an equivalent home and have enough money left over for a VERY
nice shop :-)

HTH
Bill


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