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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 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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[–] MonkeyBusiness@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] infinitevalence 1 points 1 year ago

with some duct tape and a good quality filter its easily as good as an overpriced HEPA. I use them when I do construction projects to keep the dust down, and the filters are commodity parts you can get at every home improvement store, and many grocery stores.