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If you can add a cut off room I would do it. My layout is in a detached garage here in Florida. I will soon be adding a window A/C but its pretty rough during the summer a fan helps. Dust & dirt are a problem but not as bad as I had thought. Working on it at night during the summer is interesting because the lights draw every bug & its brother into and on top of the layout buzzing around like dive bombers. Another major problem are the darn biting bugs if you leave the doors open, in Florida thats a big problem. So after covering yourself in bug repllenant watch out as that deet junk will melt plastic. Be sure your fingers are clean of Deet. A good powerful fan blowing at mach I pointed directly at your face helps keep the bugs from biting ya up to bad as their little wings are to weak to fight the power of the mach-I size fan. There are always things in the garage that cause problems like lawn mowers, cars & associated petro chemicals for car as well as garden, here the washer & dryer are located in the garage. As mentioned the bugs are a big problem, from spiders building webs under or on rolling stock to all sorts of crawling things on the layout. A big problem is with frogs, toads, & lizards which cause havoc if I forget & leave the lights on overnight. The small animals are attracted to the food source (lights) and knock apart everything. Even worse is that they will leave dropping right on the rails that once dried are hard to remove, better have a plow on that lead loco. Many mornings I come out to discover that godzilla & Megathon have crashed through my layout knocking both trains and powerlines over, plus leaving the above mentioned calling cards. Recently I have started putting locomotives back into there cases when done operating them due to the possibility of dust getting into them. A lot of havoc but its a good place compared to inside room for a layout, with time and funds it can work for you. By the way if I recall it gets pretty darn warm in the foothills or Blue Ridge in Northern VA in July or August. Where summer is bad here, maybe worse than in NOVA I bet winter can be a har***ime for working on the layout up your way. Take Care, Mike St. Petersburg Florida
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