The basement floor of our Ditmas Park house is ancient concrete, with heaving & cracks and plants coming up etc. It’s not THAT bad but it isn’t pretty or level. There’s a section that would fit our treadmill & elliptical machines but we need to build a level sturdy platform. To complicate matters there is a water leak in that area so whatever we build will have to breathe so the water can evaporate. We plan on a massive renovation of the entire basement but not for a few years. Any suggestions? Who would do something like this? Is it a DIY project for a somewhat handy couple?


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  1. 2:00 do you should have the talk with your parent, radon comes from cabbages.

    I think the ventilation in the front and the rear will leave a negative pressure condition which will exacerbate the radon. You should consider reversing the ventilation, to create positive pressure into the space. Power up the fans and you might be able to push the Radon back into the ground.

  2. There is plenty of ventilation with exhaust fans in teh front & rear of the basement, we tested for radon, the basement is clean, we vaccuum, etc…. it’s just that the floor is uneven. The most even part of the basement floor has the one & only water leak coming in from the wall which we will be fixing… but we figure it may come back so we’re planning to build a platform that allows air in.