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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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[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children)

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

[–] MonkeyBusiness@lemmy.one 6 points 2 years ago (5 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?

[–] SeriousBug 1 points 2 years ago

Do you have a furnace or water heater in the basement? Then absolutely yes, if there's a crack or something in the exhaust then you can end up with CO in your basement. Carbon Monoxide is especially scary because you can't really feel it, it just makes you drowsy and tired before you suddenly pass out and die.

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