West Side Storage & Truck Rental has seen a lot over the years as one of the best self-storage facilities in the Cincinnati area. This family-owned storage rental and moving truck company provides both residential storage and commercial storage in excellent climate-controlled units.

In order to help keep you and your belongings safe, here are a few tips from the pros about what not to put in your storage unit:

• Hazardous Materials: Hazardous materials such as noxious chemicals or gas bottles are dangerous and can cause serious harm in the event of an inadvertent spill, or in some cases, even an explosion. Be smart and don’t store these items among your other possessions or in potential proximity to people!
• Living Plants or Animals: While most people would never keep living animals in a storage facility for obvious reasons, plants are living things too! Save yourself the trip to the storage unit and don’t store these items that require airflow and sunlight.
• Perishable Items: Unless you’ve got canned goods, keep all perishable food items outside of your self-storage facility. These items attract vermin and smell terrible when they rot.
• Firearms: Although some self-storage companies allow the storage of registered firearms, it’s always safer to err on the side of caution and keep these potentially dangerous items safely stowed in your own private home.
• Stolen Property: This one’s obvious, but stolen property is not protected in your storage unit.
• Illegal Drugs: Again, the storage of such items is illegal, prohibited, and unprotected in a storage facility.
• People: This should go without saying.
• Business: Whether it’s a temporary, pop-up store or a lemonade stand, no business can be run out of or conducted from your self-storage unit.
• Tires: Most storage units have a limit on how many tires you can store due to the cost of removing them if need be.
• Medical Supplies: Many medical supplies can be potentially dangerous, or even contain radioactive materials, so it’s best to err on the side of caution and not store these items in a storage locker.

West Side Storage & Truck Rental has a wide range or storage unit and moving truck sizes and prices for all of your storing and truck rental needs. Contact this storage company at (513) 451-6474 today for more information or to ask if something you own can be stored in a unit.