So, I never noticed it looking at them in person, but I noticed a while back in some photos that there's a bit of rust forming on my two stoves. No surprise, they sit in closed-up and somewhat damp old stone fireplaces all summer, doors closed with ground moisture no-doubt eminating from the rubble stone walls.
![[Hearth.com] GoldenRod 18"... summer protection [Hearth.com] GoldenRod 18"... summer protection](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/133/133450-c36148c0c55d418d3a230e6505a12a4a.jpg?hash=c1ufuKw_-4)
So, taking note from my gun safes, I decided a heater type dehumidifier was a good way to drive out a little moisture (i.e. lower the RH) from these confined spaces, when the doors are closed. I got two of these:
![[Hearth.com] GoldenRod 18"... summer protection [Hearth.com] GoldenRod 18"... summer protection](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/133/133451-0edf5511c34de3a0abb8019c376ea980.jpg?hash=zxjKLF_NC9)
Check back in the fall, to see how they worked (or didn't!).
I'm wondering what others have done, for the same purpose.
![[Hearth.com] GoldenRod 18"... summer protection [Hearth.com] GoldenRod 18"... summer protection](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/133/133450-c36148c0c55d418d3a230e6505a12a4a.jpg?hash=c1ufuKw_-4)
So, taking note from my gun safes, I decided a heater type dehumidifier was a good way to drive out a little moisture (i.e. lower the RH) from these confined spaces, when the doors are closed. I got two of these:
![[Hearth.com] GoldenRod 18"... summer protection [Hearth.com] GoldenRod 18"... summer protection](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/133/133451-0edf5511c34de3a0abb8019c376ea980.jpg?hash=zxjKLF_NC9)
Check back in the fall, to see how they worked (or didn't!).
I'm wondering what others have done, for the same purpose.