How to stop BBQ/tools etc from rusting if you don't have a garage?

[KievLoverTwo]

Please excuse the complete newb, idiot question. At present we have a vast garage in our rental, but most of the houses we're looking at potentially buying don't have them, and if you wanted to build one, there wouldn't be access from the front of the house anyway (countryside cottages, mostly), so it would seem a bit out of place (and obviously not cheap these days) to erect one.

So, obviously, sheds exist! But I've always been under the impression they become damp rust buckets after a time. But I have also never used one, so that's an assumption.

How would we stop a £600 BBQ and various ladders, circular saws, sanders, etc from rusting in a shed?

I'm sure there must be some sort of outbuilding trickery or maybe just a more superior kind of shed that exists that I don't know about.

Or, do you just concede that's the way it is and only ever buy cheap stuff?

Tyvmia, and happy Friday!

Oil !
With bbq stuff called well but take care not to scratch the surfaces then lightly coat in veg oil and wrap in a cloth that's soaked ( but not soaking iyswim ) in veg oil

Same kind of thing either tools like drills , saws , hammer heads, axes , spades , shovels ect .
Wash and dry well and lightly coat in wd40 . Obviously don't dunk electric stuff on hot soapy waster ! Things like power tools tend to come in their own plastic box so wipe and oil them and put them back in the box. If you have any silca gel chuck them in too.
The only thing you should never oil is hammer , screw driver , chisel ect handles and ladders.
Buy fiber glass ladders , they are expensive but will last you a very long time.

My Ddad kept all our old cooking oil in a bucket and stored shovel and spades it it !

I have a large 'plastic' Keter shed which I keep my gardening tools in - 10 years in and they aren't rusty. We have a separate Keter storage thing which the bbq, charcoal and bbq tools live in. Also not rusty after 5 years and the horrendous weather. Power tools live in a designated cupboard in the house.

Regular cleaning with WD40.

Get aplastic keter shed

https://www.keter.com/en-gb/?gad_source=1&gclsrc=ds

@GR8GAL @ScottBakula oil and WD40, genius!!

Any idea how to get a partner with ADHD to actually do this? Ha.

I've eyed those Keter sheds up in the past, but I have to admit to being a shed snob. I don't like the way plastic looks in (some) gardens.

Can I clad it in wood? :)

For tools like spades etc, fill a large bucket with dry sand and trickle old oil into it and allow to soak in. Then you just put spades, forks into it for storage.

Actual wizardry!

Though your username against this post has me a bit concerned.

Ah yes I recall my DD using sand and oil , all good until our cat thought it would may a good litter tray 😕.

@KievLoverTwo I’m not the only one on here. Sandgropers are spesh.

We just have a wooden garden shed. It is on a concrete base, but haven't had a rust problem. The shed has been there for around 15 years now, and everything is still fine.

Now there's a thing I wish I had never googled.

Thanks for that. Yeah. :(

Where do you live?

We are looking at a county with much, much rain!

South London.

I have climbing plants all over the keter shed, only the doors are visible and as the climbers are evergreen you don't see it in the winter either. I'm thinking of painting the doors a bright colour using a multisurface exterior paint!