[pure-silver] Re: ADV: Re: new darkroom
- From: shannon Stoney <shannonstoney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:28:55 -0600
Good idea. The basement is not very far underground: it's more like "earth
sheltered" than totally underground. But It's a good idea to test for radon.
--shannon
On Dec 21, 2011, at 6:06 PM, Dennis P wrote:
>
> On Dec 21, 2011, at 3:33 PM, Tim Daneliuk wrote:
>
>> - Assuming the basement does not actually leak (a different problem
>> requiring remediation), you can reduce both dust and dampness by
>> hanging a sheet of plastic vapor barrier along each wall (whether you
>> plan to use that portion of the wall or not *and tack it to the concrete
>> with construction glue dotted every foot or two. The top of the barrier
>> can initially be tacked to the floor joists above the basement along
>> the concrete wall line to hold them in place.
>>
>> - Wash the floor with a concrete cleaner until it is as clean as you
>> can get it (you're likely going to throw out a mop head or two doing
>> this. Then put several coats of acrylic floor finisher down on that
>> clean floor. This massively reduces dust from the floor.
>
>
> Just a thought, if you do the basement and the concrete is so far unpainted
> or uncoated you might first run a radon test. If you have radon gas and raw
> concrete you can seal the concrete with stuff that will block the gas.
> If you paint the floor or seal it with regular concrete sealer and then
> discover you have radon, it is much more difficult to get rid of the gas.
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