Storing tyres indoors - vaccum sealing?

Lum

I realise this is only tangentially related to motoring, but currently I store my winter tyres, and some other tyres at a self storage place.

We're moving house to somewhere that's more expensive, and want to get rid of the self storage place to offset this, especially as the new place has oodles of room to store crap, unfortunately it does not have a shed or a garden.

Only problem is, tyres smell, and something about them gives my partner major asthma attacks.

I was looking at vaccum pack bags, but these seem to be mostly designed for clothing, not sure if they're going to be suitable for tyres in terms of providing an airtight seal and keeping the smell in. Something like these were my idea.

How would you go about doing this?

For bonus points: We also need to store a spare S13 Nissan 200SX manual gearbox, unless I manage to sell it before we move.

Nilrem

As long as you're not using the bags to lift the tyres, I can't see why they wouldn't work if you can get some big enough (i'd think on tyre a bag, with them vacuum packed in their final resting places).

Lum

They would need to be vaccum packed at the storage place before transport, ideally. Don't want to risk letting the fumes into the house if at all possible.

I was just wondering if more heavy duty bags existed that are better suited for this purpose. Do the clothing ones even provide a long term airtight seal?

hartcjhart

gert big bin liners will do the job,put tyre in and tape up the opening

Nilrem

thinking about it, my brother got a heavy duty under bed vacuum bag a while back to put books in, when they were in the loft.

Last time I looked it was still sealed up fine after a couple of years.

So, I'd guess if you got a heavy duty one, and sealed it on a board (so you could move it without the tyre's weight pulling on the joints), it would work.

SteveJW

Have a look at
https://secure1.oursecurepages.com/~vacbags/vbshop/index.php?cat=Self%20Store

They do bags big enough to store a motorcycle in

bungle4by4

how about cling film or shrink wrapping them up? would it be as effective?

Lum

SteveJW wrote: »

Have a look at
https://secure1.oursecurepages.com/~vacbags/vbshop/index.php?cat=Self%20Store

They do bags big enough to store a motorcycle in

This looks more like the kind of thing I need, though ironically they might actually be too big. I doubt I could even lift two wheels at once, and those bags look like they'd hold four or more.

Norman_Castle

Why vacuum pack them?. To seal the smell in just use plastic bags and seal the opening. If you are worried about the bags leaking, double or triple bag them.