What Not to Store in a Storage Unit (The Official No List)

Gasoline, propane, paint thinner, fertilizer, pet food, fireworks, and plants marked as prohibited storage items outside a storage unit.

Before you load up your storage unit, learn what items are prohibited and what belongings are better kept at home. From gasoline and hazardous chemicals to food and moisture-sensitive valuables, this guide covers storage unit rules and practical packing tips to help protect your belongings in Lubbock, TX.

winterize storage unit Lubbock

Person unloading boxes from a pickup truck at a storage unit in the snow

A Panhandle freeze can hit fast. Use this simple checklist to winterize your storage unit in Lubbock and keep your belongings safe until spring.

Climate-Controlled Storage In Lubbock

Climate-Controlled Storage:Why It Matters More in Lubbock Than You’d Think Lubbock summers don’t mess around. Triple-digit heat is a regular occurrence, and a standard storage unit sitting in that kind of sun can get uncomfortably hot inside — hot enough to cause real damage to certain belongings. On the flip side, winter brings its own […]

Where Does All This Stuff Go?

Self Storage in Lubbock: Where Does All This Stuff Go? If you’ve ever stood in your garage wondering how a two-car space became a one-and-a-half-car-plus-everything-else space, you’re not alone. Between holiday decorations, the kids’ old furniture, that treadmill that’s now a very expensive coat rack, and the box of “I’ll deal with this later,” most […]

Business Storage: The Backroom Your Office Doesn’t Have

Business Storage: The Backroom Your Office Doesn’t Have Every growing business hits the same wall eventually: you run out of space before you run out of stuff. Filing cabinets stacked in hallways, inventory taking over the break room, old equipment nobody has the heart to throw out but nobody wants sitting in the office either. […]