Stockpile question for everyone! Help me!

[Melissaanne2090]

Hi friends, I usually keep my paper towel and toilet paper stockpile on a big stack in my basement, and when the snow melts or it rains our basement gets wet, so the stack
usually falls down and the toilet paper stockpile ends up on the floor. How do YOU keep your PT and TP? On a plastic resin shelf? Or somehow else?

Please help!

[HeatherWake]

Hey Melis!
My basement is quite dry so I just stack on the floor. How deep does your basement flood?? Ive seen pics of your basement and you have a lot of room...maybe pick up a free wooden skid from behind an industrial unit to stack your stock on, and if your basement doesnt flood above a couple inches!

[Melissaanne2090]

It floods alright! I am using that technique now. The problem
Is that if I have it stacked I have to have it against the wall, then the wall gets wet, we have to move it and it all tumbles!

[Patty Smyth]

We have a humidity problem and I ended up putting the tp and paper towels on tiles , didn't glue down the ceramic tiles just placed them there and they no longer absorb that smell out of the cement. Maybe use cinder blocks if you need a little more height off the ground. Can you put a couple of pieces of wood on the walls to prop the pile away from touching it?

[CouponingTrini]

I bought 2 large Rubbermaid tote to store paper product (toilet paper, tissue and paper towels). Once they were full, I covered them and started stacking the remainder on top of the totes, that way if there is a flood in the basement there is no was my paper products will be damaged.

[Melissaanne2090]

Thanks everyone, this is what I was able to do with the stuff I got from Walmart today.

[cinpow]

get all the paper products above the ground as high as possible. I organize my shelf so that bottled items like cleaners, shampoos, soaps etc stays at the lower level and all the paper products on the top levels.

[Peachykeen2007]

do something like this - I know when I lived in a house we had multiple of the black shelves, any thing that could be ruined by water was up on the top shelf

[2shopmom]

and keep the heavier items on the bottom shelves so that it doesn't tip over. The TP and PT would be lighter than detergent and cleaners.

[Chantel]

I put them on top of stuff. Occasionally someone overfills the washing machine and it floods so I try to keep everything off the floor.

But of course don't be silly and place them right under exposed pipes, either. That won't end well if something breaks.

Like CouponingTrini said, if there's not much above-stuff space, I'd buy some totes, fill them, and then stack the rest on top. Bungee cords or string might be your friends here. At least that way they won't get wet if there's a flood. Absolute worst-case scenario, use a cardboard box and double-bag it with black garbage bags to act as your base. If you act quickly in the event of a flood most of it will probably be A-OK. If water leaks from the top, bag the top so the water runs off.

[PurpleBunny89]

get all the paper products above the ground as high as possible. I organize my shelf so that bottled items like cleaners, shampoos, soaps etc stays at the lower level and all the paper products on the top levels.

do something like this - I know when I lived in a house we had multiple of the black shelves, any thing that could be ruined by water was up on the top shelf

This is what I do.

I have the black resin shelves. Everything that is heavy goes on the lower shelves and as the shelves get higher lighter stuff is placed. So the top and second shelf from the top both are filled with TP, PT, Tissues.

I think this would work well for you because then its much higher above any possible flood line. Plus you can just drag it out from the wall if needed and problem solved.

[Debvictoria]

My basement is unfinished. So bare cement blocks are behind some of my stockpile. I bought a cheap table cloth from the dollar store and used dh staple gun to hang it up behind stock pile. Its working fine, but it has only been a few months. I still need to get thru the spring thaw!!!