I've decided to put poly on the floor, then that white foam type stuff usually put under laminate flooring and then the rubber mats.
I will then store the weights and bar inside poly bags with Silicia Gel inside when not in use.
Just want to say thanks to everyone who has posted on this...
The problem is definatly when the weather is very cold outside, so cold it causes frost. The frost tends to occur during the night so the weight plates become very very cold.
Then from 5AM onwards the weather outside starts to warm slightly. The air in the garage as a result starts to warm...
There is no way I could manage to put air vents on each wall. I'm simply not good enough to do this type of thing. Plus the outside of the garage is brick and then on the inside it is concrete. It's not as if I could just knock a brick or two out of the outside wall and replace them with air...
Not sure what a dpm is? I'm going to be putting down some rubber matting on the concrete floor soon. Will this help slightly?
I'm still confused over the air vent thing? Do you have any links to any pics of examples.
Sorry for the newbie questions by the way but I'm a total novice and...
I've just been doing some research now on condensation and everywhere indicates that if the garage is well ventilated then condensation is unlikely to occur.
Problem is my garage is VERY well ventilated, if you look at the pics in the link you can see there are decent sized gaps on each side...
I am a total DIY novice and not really any good at this type of thing. However I am converting my external outside garage into a home gym.
One problem at the moment is, even though there are no leakages from the roof when it has been raining or sometimes even when it has not been raining...