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<blockquote data-quote="Carroll" data-source="post: 117987" data-attributes="member: 9246"><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_exploration" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_exploration</a></p><p></p><p>I have remodeled in old houses and old buildings for many years. While Urbex is an *extremely* fascinating subject and experience, ( I have viewed thousands of images...) the dangers are, in my opinion, greatly overlooked because of the thrill of doing something in the gray area of the forbidden. IMO the #1 danger is air quality. I experience toxic air quality in remodeling on a regular basis, in homes/buildings that are occupied, or recently occupied. The air quality does not improve in abandoned buildings, even with gaping holes in roofs and walls. The beauty of the decay is added to by the various organisms growing on the walls, floors, ceilings, etc. Not to mention what the last person or animal left before you got there. Or what they did. All of this is part of what you breathe when you are in that area. Replacement lungs are not available at WalMart...yet. Get the absolute best filter/mask system you can at a minimum. Whatever you touch...who touched it before that...with what? You will come out of there with some of it.</p><p></p><p>Lots more to say, but I'll quit here. One cannot be too careful when venturing into the unknown. Otherwise, the signs outside would say, "Welcome, come on in...".</p><p></p><p>My job demands personal survival every day...my only motivation for writing this is that you survive, too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Carroll, post: 117987, member: 9246"] [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_exploration[/URL] I have remodeled in old houses and old buildings for many years. While Urbex is an *extremely* fascinating subject and experience, ( I have viewed thousands of images...) the dangers are, in my opinion, greatly overlooked because of the thrill of doing something in the gray area of the forbidden. IMO the #1 danger is air quality. I experience toxic air quality in remodeling on a regular basis, in homes/buildings that are occupied, or recently occupied. The air quality does not improve in abandoned buildings, even with gaping holes in roofs and walls. The beauty of the decay is added to by the various organisms growing on the walls, floors, ceilings, etc. Not to mention what the last person or animal left before you got there. Or what they did. All of this is part of what you breathe when you are in that area. Replacement lungs are not available at WalMart...yet. Get the absolute best filter/mask system you can at a minimum. Whatever you touch...who touched it before that...with what? You will come out of there with some of it. Lots more to say, but I'll quit here. One cannot be too careful when venturing into the unknown. Otherwise, the signs outside would say, "Welcome, come on in...". My job demands personal survival every day...my only motivation for writing this is that you survive, too. [/QUOTE]
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