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Bought a new home with a stone basement. Thinking about throwing a small home gym down there, is there anything I should consider beforehand? (lemmy.one)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey Y'all

Bought a new home in New England with a stone basement or a rubble basement, whatever you want to call it. The floor is concrete. The home is on a hill, and well above the water table, but it's got a stump pump because stone basements can still weep if it's wet enough, I believe. I know I'll need to throw a dehumidifier in there and aim for 40%.

The home inspection didn't turn up asbestos or anything like that, but I want to know if there are health hazards I should consider. Thinking about doing a radon test, are there any other tests I should do? Or items I should consider?

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Absolutely do a radon test and at minimum get a CO detector.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

CO?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Sorry, yes. :) Fixed.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Can I get away with just keeping a CO2 detector in the kitchen and bedrooms, or should there be one in the basement as well?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Basement too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ps, I know someone mentioned a monitor, get it professionally done as well. It can be fixed but you don't want to mess around with it.

https://www.epa.gov/radon/epa-map-radon-zones-and-supplemental-information

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was honestly planning on getting a test until I learned about the monitors. Might just do both

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Check out wave things. They make all in one CO2, radon, humidity, temp monitors. Good for long term monitoring of radon and other undesirable things.