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?
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.