Keeping a collection a freezing house

[Bramsworth]

I swear to god my house is an icebox :crying: Must be air leaks all over, it's so damn hard to keep warm in this place. I worry about my collection of games, since they all are cold to the touch. Should I worry this is going to damage stuff in the long run here?

I'm imagining the cold making things damp and collect mildew or something. I have all the games stored inside a cabinet, not near a window. I can say that I've got lots of stuff in there that's suffered many a winter just like this and they seem to be fine, but I still worry what can happen.

Anyone got any advice, something I should be cautious of? If anyone's got any tales about anything happening to their stuff thanks to the cold also, that might put things in a better light.

Thanks.

[alphagamer]

Heat and direct sunlight are much worse. As long as it is not very damp in there I see not much of a problem. Cold and dry should be ok.

[port187]

I kept some of my less important stuff in the shed outside in the garden, which should of been dry and gets very cold.
A year later I had mold in the consoles and wet games cases :-)

[ASSEMbler]

[Bramsworth]

It's not damp. I'm guessing then that there's no real worry. It just feels wrong though...

Thanks for the tip Assembler, I'll have to look into getting a can of that. This house is just a joke the way it is every winter :(

[angelwolf71885]

cold is usually dry unless it raining outside

the cold sucks moisture from there air and objects that how frost bite works
the skin drying out its chapped lips on a much larger scale

unless you have ice forming on the games dont really worry about them

[raylyd]

Get a new gas boiler or turn the temp up a little.

[Cyantist]

Get a new gas boiler or turn the temp up a little.

The problem is then you just get stuffy rooms that are just as bad. You also cant turn the temperature up in a loft.