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?
Absolutely do a radon test and at minimum get a CO detector.
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?
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
I was honestly planning on getting a test until I learned about the monitors. Might just do both
If you plan to deadlift then get something to protect the concrete. You don’t have to lift THAT heavy to crack the concrete.
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.
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.
