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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 2 years ago by MonkeyBusiness@lemmy.one to c/homeimprovement@lemmy.world

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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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[–] infinitevalence@discuss.online 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I would suggest an air monitoring tool like Airthings: https://www.airthings.com/wave-plus

This will monitor not just Radon but other contaminants.

Installed, dehumidifier, not one with a bucket you have to dump is probably a must. That or one that you can drain into the sump-pump.

Lastly a 20" boxfan filter. https://www.thenourishinggourmet.com/diy-air-filter-using-box-fan/ Its easy, cheap, and very effective.

[–] MonkeyBusiness@lemmy.one 0 points 2 years ago

Honestly that box fan filter seems like a bigger and cheaper HEPA filter, which I like. Definitely will look into the air monitor as I wanted a humidity monitor already.